August 1-2

We were very busy setting everything up while still in Svalbard. All equipment had to be installed on the lab benches, tied down to the benches, and turned on. All boxes are tied down in the labs and in our storage space. We spent these 2 days checking all instruments are working properly, checking for gas leaks to the instruments (many hours) as we have a limited supply of compressed He, N2, air and H2 for the cruise. We also spent much time transferring liquid N2 (for freezing samples) from the 500L container we ordered to smaller ones