Diary

R/V Pelagia Cruise LOCO/IW 2009 – Diary June/July 2009

8 July	Wednesday
Recovered from last night's very pleasant BBQ I am writing this diary. I will introduce myself first. I am Jan Dirk de Visser (and not Dirk Jan as mentioned in an earlier … Read more…

4 July	Saturday
Surprisingly today, the "on board" diary is written by one of the two French guys on board. So I guess before giving comments about the last two … Read more…

1 July	Wednesday
On our way to the next station in the program. That station is just some 2000 miles further, which means that we will be steaming for the next 9 days…. Read more…

27 June	Saturday
Halfway the afternoon the CTD-YoYo program is ended and the seismics are tested in the water after some repairs have been completed. Everything runs smoothly. Read more…

26 June	Friday
Today is a busy day for Marcel, Leon and Dirk-Jan of the NIOZ MTM-department. Dirk-Jan is newly appointed, this is his first mission at sea. So, everything is strange to him, but apparently he is learning fast. Read more…

25 June	Thursday
Last Sunday, after a short stop in South-America, Fortaleza Brazil to be precise, the Pelagia rushed on to work close to the equatorial Atlantic Ocean. Read more…