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R/V Pelagia Cruise SME 117 INDUS – Diary Dec/Jan/2009
05-06 January	Monday/Tuesday
On the Indus we've had a good cruise Now there's no doubt which ship we would choose To collect all our data And good food to cater…  Read more…
04 January	Sunday
The last work day dawned at last and the ship was swept with an excited end of term feeling that we were at last entering the final phase of our work. We started the day filling in blanks…  Read more…
03 January	Saturday
It was a nice bright sunny day for our geophysical survey. As per program the seismic survey started in the morning and was completed by 3 pm. The scientists were busy with core description and sampling.  Read more…
02 January	Friday
We've reached the point in the cruise with about 48 hours until we have to leave for port when the Chief Scientist has a stopwatch running on every activity, trying to wring the last few pings…  Read more…
01 January	Thursday
HAPPY NEW YEAR January 1, 2009 RV Pelagia. Arabian Sea over the Indus Canyon. Record coring day: 27 m Read more…
31 December	Wednesday
New Year's Eve began as a windy and foggy day here in the Arabian Sea. The breaking of the waves and the rocking of the ship in the early morning hours reminded us that we are at sea…  Read more…
30 December	Tuesday
It was the day before New Years Eve and not a sound could be heard, except the merry chattering of the allusive "Rust Chipping Bird". A quite day today for all (this is relative). Read more…
29 December	Monday
I was roused from an uneasy sort-of sleep by Peter Clift, the Chief Scientist, at 8.05. I was completely knackered from yesterday's marathon shift, but was ready to attack today's tasks enthusiastically…  Read more…
28 December	Sunday
Last night most of the scientific crew got a full night's sleep as we were only running multibeam swath bathymetry all night. As we gathered for our Sunday morning breakfast, which included the normal assortment…  Read more…
27 December	Saturday
A calm day at sea: blue skies, some clouds, hardly any wind. All the sampling and clearing of freezers is completed and the geophysical equipment is out and running smoothly.  Read more…
26 December	Friday
After the Christmas festivities, work restarted at dawn with the anchors pulled up at 6 am. We have started another survey of the canyon, which we hope to cross several times during the coming days…  Read more…
25 December	Thursday
Christmas Day was a splendid and mellow affair after our hard work yesterday. We sailed to the southeast, but then had to do some fancy navigating to avoid a series of fishing vessels and their extended nets.  Read more…
24 December	Wednesday
Christmas Eve in the Arabian Sea was an eventful day for the team on RV Pelagia. In the small hours of the morning we saw ahead of us the lights of the giant geophysical survey vessel "GeoWave Champion"…  Read more…
23 December	Tuesday
Tuesday has been another quiet, even sleepy day on RV Pelagia. We are almost reaching the top NW corner of our survey area and are getting ready to do some coring after the geophysical work has been completed...  Read more…
22 December	Monday
This was a relatively quite day here on the Pelagia during our slow but steady survey route to the NW along the Pakistani shelf. However, the day began in a dramatic and not so peaceful way... Read more…
21 December	Sunday
Today has been a quiet day on Pelagia and one that we mostly spent catching up with old work, and grabbing the odd cat nap or two to restore of tired bodies and minds. Read more…
20 December	Saturday
Saturday has brought a turn of good luck for the team on RV Pelagia. Although the concept of a nice, relaxing weekend break and a lie in bed are far from a reality here in the Arabian Sea...  Read more…
19 December	Friday
Another windy night on the outer shelf last night meant that again we had to keep our seismic equipment on deck and safe and sound for a better chance to make a good cross section across the canyon later in the cruise.  Read more…
18 December	Thursday
Since leaving Muscat, Oman we have been mostly surveying the region to the east of the Indus Canyon, close to the border with India. We tested our equipment at a deep-water site en route from Muscat…  Read more…