Der Blog umfasst die Expeditionen SO234-1 und SO235 im Indischen Ozean / This blog comprises the scientific cruises SO234-1 and SO235 in the Indian Ocean. More info
After finishing the 48 h station, we celebrated our successful and hard work with a table tennis tournament, which was challenging because of a high swell of 4 m. As the ball was missing a fixed reference frame, the movements of the ship had to be well anticipated. The swell was a hard competitor, or […]
An average temperature of 15 °C, 82 % humidity, overcast skies, light showers here and there, and a vague rainbow are the conditions of today. But this day is not just any day; it’s the marking of the end of the voyage’s 48 hr station!!!! This CTD was a bit time consuming then usual as […]
The ’40-hr station’ (altered now to 48 hours) is well underway, with students participating in both day and night shifts. Although there are no lectures, there is still much work to do and a lot of coffee to drink. The night brought with it an increase in the swell of the waves, hence the ship […]
There is a nervous energy onboard the RV Sonne today, as we approach the “40 hour station”. The idea is that we will place ourselves in a certain location, bring the engines of the Sonne to a stop, and then perform repeated sampling of the same water mass over almost two full days. In this […]
Sunday, 13.07.2014: Bergfest and World Cup Final On Sunday evening half of the SO234-2 cruise was already over. Time has gone by quite fast while we were busy with our station work or lectures. As is the tradition we celebrated the middle of the cruise with a “Bergfest”, the time when you reach the top […]
08.07-13.07.2014 (Durban/South Africa – 27° S, 24° E) Here is the first Weekly Report from our SPACES (Science Partnerships for the Assessment of Complex Earth System Processes) SONNE SO234-2 cruise, a training and capacity building cruise for students from southern Africa and Germany. Fifteen students from South Africa, Namibia and Germany are participating, along with […]
Ohhh!!! Is it Day 6 or Day 7 today? It is day 6. We forgot counting the days! That’s how fantastic being on a cruise can be. We lose track of time because we are occupied by our exciting measurements and all the new inputs. We just passed the Southern tip of Madagascar which shows […]
Day 4 and 5 of our cruise held some interesting surprises for us, and we learned first hand that sometimes things on a research vessel might not turn out as planned. After a long day of CTD measurements and filtration of water samples at our second sample station, we were eager to hear that against […]
On the fourth day (11.7.14) we are getting more and more familiar to the daily life and the routines aboard. Also the hissing sound from the vacuum toilet isn’t scaring us anymore. After getting up and brushing our teeth, the smiley face in the bathroom mirror is telling us that an extraordinary day has to […]
The morning brought fair weather and calmer seas. There was business as usual, with breakfast occurring at 7:30am, and although the shift in time meant that everyone had gotten an hour less to sleep, most of participants made it more or less on time! Morning lectures on oceanic and atmospheric chemistry followed. Lectures have – […]