Cruise Diary
The cruise diary provides you with the latest news and stories from our colleagues on board RV Pelagia. The contributions may be either in Dutch or in English, depending on the author.
The cruise diary provides you with the latest news and stories from our colleagues on board RV Pelagia. The contributions may be either in Dutch or in English, depending on the author.
When you walk down the Pelagia hallway at 2 o‘clock in the morning, things are quiet. Lights in the floors are constantly burning and in some labs there seem to be some brave souls, wandering around, analyzing some samples, or checking if their machines are still working.
Today we (at least some of us) start early, 5:30 local time. We want to place a lander right above the seep. The lander contains two Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) and a microcat.
Much has happened in the past 48 hours since our arrival at our study site, a methane seep site in the North Sea near the gas production platform B13.
After 24h full-time boating to the desired location and thus a full day of 'inslingeren', fortunately everyone was feeling better and on their marks for the start of the joint sampling effort.