Scheepsjournaal
Het scheepsjournaal houdt u op de hoogte van de wederwaardigheden aan boord van RV Pelagia. Afhankelijk van de auteur kan de bijdragen in het Nederlands of in het Engels zijn.
Het scheepsjournaal houdt u op de hoogte van de wederwaardigheden aan boord van RV Pelagia. Afhankelijk van de auteur kan de bijdragen in het Nederlands of in het Engels zijn.
The water in the Alboran Sea is thus full of particles and small swimmers that the sight is limited to about 5 m, also 900 m deep. This limits the underwater videos and also the robot-submarine (ROV)!
When the KM3NeT will be built, the optical modules will be lowered once to the sea-bottom where they will stay for at least 15 years. However, during the Pelagia-test-cruise they stay at the bottom for a few hours or a day.
Near-midnight of 02 April 2013 Pelagia left its Motril-shore station. A fully loaded LOM was on the aft-deck almost ready for deployment.
NIOZ is back to its roots: as a temporary research station. That is how it all started around the inland Dutch Wadden Sea some 130 years ago.
It is Saturday, day one of our way back. Which, due to rather bad weather conditions, turned out to be a bit more than a two day journey. Wind force 8/9, 6 meter high waves and a staggering speed of around 5 knots (even down to 2 knots): Texel, here we come!
Today, the scientists are processing the last samples, which in my case means filtering until the sun says goodnight. I can remember when I trialed and errored on folding my first filter, while holding one tweezer in each shaking hand.
Sun... (or at least there was)
The distinction between early spring and late winter is blurry when you step out on deck for the morning CTD’s to find snow swirling in your face. Despite the winter conditions, we are starting to see life, in the planktonic sense, at our stations.
And then "she" comes back. Exactly like a monster would, she comes out of the water, slowly. Only one thin and apparently fragile rope is linking her to us, but still, she arrives on the deck, full of the treasures we lust after.