We met last night to
discuss our science plans and the preliminary schedule for the cruise has been
decided. We will start with a long section along the North Scotia Ridge east
towards South Georgia, followed by three other sections to the south and west
across the Scotia Sea, finishing in Drake Passage. For those of you who are not
familiar with our work, we will be taking measurements of a tracer (dye) that
was put into the ocean on an earlier cruise, taking temperature and salinity
measurements, and deploying three different “microstructure profilers” that
measure small-scale water velocity variations. All of these techniques, which
we will talk more about in later blogposts, are designed to measure mixing in
different regions of the ocean.
Last night, we also
saw our first wildlife of the cruise. Soon after leaving Montevideo, a group of
us saw ten or fifteen seals playing off the front of the ship. Thanks to Neill
Mackay for the great photos.
Calm seas
Seals!
Katy testing the weight release on one of the microstructure profilers - Guinness cans stand is as weights. Hoping for the luck of the Irish?
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