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Crossing the line for the first time
There were some 20 or so members of the scientific party and ships crew who had never crossed the equator prior to this year’s AMT, including myself. It turned out to be a day that will live long in all of our memories and not merely due to the significance of such a traverse.
The day (7th November) started much as any other with everyone busy conducting their respective science. However, there was an undertone of deviance resonating from the ‘Shellbacks’ (those who had crossed the line previously) leading to much apprehension on the part of the ‘Polywogs’ (those who hadn’t).
The Polywogs
We had no idea what was in store for us but made a collective decision that we would not succumb to our fate without a fight.
Posted by: Kelly-Marie Davidson on Sunday, 8th Nov, 2009
Perspective of a PhD student
I have been kindly asked to give an account of life at sea from the perspective of a PhD student and first time cruiser and was more than happy to accept. The reality of living and working in remote regions of the open ocean is just unbelievable and an experience I will never forget.
We are now about two weeks into the voyage and during this time I have developed a daily work routine I am comfortable with. My day starts at 3:45 am, unless I decide to lay in which means the alarm sounds at 4 am. Over the next two or so hours my science includes the initiation and maintenance of on deck incubations to determine the rate of nitrogen fixation at different depths.
Nitrogen fixation incubations
Posted by: Kelly-Marie Davidson on Saturday, 24th Oct, 2009