Hier bloggt das Team der Expedition SO264 mit dem Forschungsschiff SONNE / Here the team of cruise SO264 blogs about science and life onboard RV SONNE More info
Approximately one week ago, we started with the first geological station of our cruise through the Pacific Ocean. However, for the non-earth scientists out there, let me set the scene for what this actually entails. You already know from our previous blog posts that during a water station, we sample the water column with a […]
Have you ever boarded a research vessel? Have you ever been far away from land and explored the Pacific Ocean? Have you ever experienced a wonderful side of nature that you never get to see? Well, here we are. We’ve boarded RV SONNE and started sailing north, leaving the land behind us, and begun our […]
Raising our gaze from the working deck over the rails of the ship, we see the sapphire blue sea overspread with small white caps that border the clear blue sky. A warm tropical breeze hangs in the air and it finally occurs to us that, yes, we are in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! […]
Two months at sea. Fiji to Japan. No land, possibly a few far-off ships passing by, and 38 scientists, many of whom are known only to each other through their publications. This was the setting for the beginning of RV SONNE cruise SO264. The anonymity was quickly remedied as we boarded the vessel on June […]