We have sea birds back! And it's getting darker in the evenings! We sampled; we packed around the sampling; we had a very nice formal dinner with long white table cloths, candles and a delicious menu; we went back to sampling and/or packing. And the protection of the ice disappeared! The winds have picked up and Monday's ride has been more "active", with wind speeds of 11-12 m/s (=22-24 knots). All our boxes are packed, labelled with address and packing list, soon to be strapped close. Most boxes are staying on Oden and will be picked up between Sept. 22-24 in Landskrona, Sweden to be then shipped to their respective destination. A few of us are carrying boxes with us because of another cruise coming soon (Andy, Carlton and Paty) ( we have 12 boxes, including 2 coolers to bring in the plane), because of unique frozen samples (Monica) or because they live in Norway and they are close to home (Sara de la Rosa and Anders Sirevaag, U. Bergen, Norway)!
Tomorrow morning we are expected to arrive in Longyearben at 0600 local time. We should arrive at the entrance of the fjord today after 2200. About half of the people of the 64 people on board will fly home tomorrow. Several of the scientists and the crew fly home on Wednesday, including us.
ASCOS has been a very successful expedition! It has been an incredible personal and scientific adventure. Next, come many months of data control and analysis, meetings, and discussions until our many papers are published in scientific journals.
Thank you to our family, friends, colleagues and funsding agenciea who have made it possible for us to be here.
Paty, Monica, Carlton, Andy, and Johan AND the rest of the ASCOS team
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment