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Atlantis, Departing
I am the least qualified person to write on behalf of the Popping Rocks team because I’m not on the ship and I’m not a part of the science team. I was, however, on the expedition before theirs and I saw Atlantis off at the pier in Bermuda this morning. I will also be helping them run […]
Read MoreWe are excited to go to sea again, but it takes an enormous amount of time and effort to actually get ready. Atlantis returned to Woods Hole for a few days recently and we had a brief window to gather everything we’ll need and load it onto the ship before it sailed to Bermuda, where […]
Read MoreWhile I did not get the chance to dive in Alvin on the Popping Rocks cruise, I did get a chance to hangout inside the personnel sphere with two of its pilots (Jefferson and Danik) and sketch for a few hours the other day.
Read MoreOn the evening of Saturday, March 26, R/V Atlantis received a call from the U.S. Coast Guard informing us of a vessel nearby with a severely seasick sailor who needed to be evacuated. It was a French vessel that had originally contacted the French Coast Guard for assistance, which then alerted their U.S. counterparts. After […]
Read MoreThe world’s largest mountain range lies underwater, stretching around the globe like the seam of a baseball. This mountain range, called the global mid-ocean ridge, is the source of more than 70 percent of Earth’s volcanism, hosts a myriad of bizarre underwater creatures, and contains towering cliffs larger than those in Yosemite or Ireland’s […]
Read MorePrepare to get up close and personal with some deep-sea rocks!
Read MoreThere’s a first time for everything, and for a small group of people, that includes a first dive in Alvin.
Read MoreR/V Atlantis is many things to us. It is our home, our office, our “car,” our restaurant, our laboratory, our laundromat, and our repair shop during our time at sea.
Read MoreWhen I was offered a spot in the science team for the Popping Rocks cruise I got really excited: My first research cruise! The open ocean! Mid-ocean ridge basalts! HOV Alvin dives! Escaping the New York City winter! At the same time, I was a little apprehensive. Over the past decade I’ve studied lava flows on four […]
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