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		<title>Pork products linked to eyesight problems?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Stephens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bacon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I finally came to this morning and began contemplating breakfast, I suddenly realised that during this trip I must have devoured the equivalent of a whole ‘dead pig’. Breakfast at home is two slices of ‘wholegrain toast’, a quick cup of tea and then out of the front door and off to work.
Starting work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whether the weather&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Rees]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lost]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Temperature]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We always knew that at the southern end of the transect, the weather might take a turn for the worse and it certainly has. The last week or so saw air and sea temperatures beginning to fall, gradually at first but by the end of last week we had reached sea temperature of 17.5°C from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insight from the Captain</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/670</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Captain Roger Chamberlain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[captain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crossing the Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flying fish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Atlantic Gyre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sampling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ship law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Captain stats:

Born 1956 in Barry, South Wales.              
First went to sea April 1972 as a Catering Boy.
Married to Carol in 1982.
2 children: Gareth (25) and Carys (22).
Lived in Wolverhampton since March 1980.

I have mostly liked my life on the high seas – visiting those places I dreamt about as a lad, meeting nice, indifferent, dour, menacing, jolly people along the way.

But what is the very BEST thing?]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/696</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halloween]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neptune]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Punta Arenas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remembrance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sample]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sampling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SHRIMP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Diary writing has never been a strength of mine and my intention to write regularly to this blog was always under threat. And so true to form I am sitting down to write this, my second entry in just over three weeks – about 10 days later than I had hoped for.
Since the last time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crossing the line for the first time</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/725</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neil Wyatt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[shave]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The morning after the night before</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/687</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Stephens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sweeny todd]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well we ‘crossed the line’ and it was the first time for many of us and we all had to pay homage to Neptune and his queen, pay our forfeits and celebrate with a beer. Then some bright spark came up with the idea of a charity head &#038; beard shave after dinner.]]></description>
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		<title>POST OFFICE OCEANOGRAM</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/640</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/640#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[King Neptune]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[court]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Office of Origin: Davy Jones&#8217; Locker Enterprises, Equatorial Monitoring Systems
To: Master, Royal Research Ship &#8220;James Cook&#8221;
Date: Friday 6th November 2009, 1300
Delivery by: Flying fish
MY SCOUTS REPORT THAT YOUR VESSEL IS PASSING OVER MY DOMAIN OF EQUATORIA WITH MARINERS THAT HAVE NOT PAID THEIR HOMAGE TO ME STOP BE PREPARED TO BE BOARDED BY MY SELF [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Still looking for coffee and bacon</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/679</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/679#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Stephens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conductivity Temperature Depth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crossing the Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CTD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[early]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equator]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[experiment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flying fish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halloween]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[routine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sample]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[squid]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is my second entry for AMT19 and I must confess that I’m not at my best first thing in the morning so I’ve waited until mid-morning to start this piece.  My alarm went off at 4:00am and I was already half-awake so switched it off.  Then with a start I sat upright in my bunk and it was 4:45am. I’d done it  - dropped off into a deep sleep again. ]]></description>
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		<title>Coffee and bacon</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/630</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/630#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Stephens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4am]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bacon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cabin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caffine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conductivity Temperature Depth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dawn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[early]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[experiment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photosynthesis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preparation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sample]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington State University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weather]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Generally speaking I’m one of those people who thinks of 4:30 as the hour before finishing work for the day or, on occasion, the time in the morning that my teenage son brings his Boeing Fiesta Zetec into land outside the house and gives the engine one torturous final kick, which rattles the windows in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nutrient analysis at sea</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/622</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/622#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carolyn Harris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ammonia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auto-analyser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conductivity Temperature Depth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CTD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malfunction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nitrate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nitrite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutrient chemistry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phosphate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silicate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is  my second AMT, having participated on AMT-18 last year, doing essentially the same analysis with a colleague from PML but with a greater number of analysers. As I sit here, two/three weeks out of Falmouth waiting for the mid-day Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) sample, I take the opportunity to look though the port-hole of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Darkness and Light</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/616</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/616#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Gallienne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bongo net]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equipment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[night]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[optical profiler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photosynthesis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phytoplankton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primary production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[profiler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sampling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zooplankton]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For this member of the AMT team, activity concentrates around two contrasting times of the day: in the dark hours before dawn, when the zooplankton nets are deployed; and at or around local solar noon, when optical profiles of the water column are made.
The optical profiler is a cylindrical stainless steel frame within which are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unlucky for some</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/600</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/600#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claire Widdicombe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conductivity Temperature Depth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CTD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[early]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egret]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petrel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rescue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shark]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After 13 days at sea, getting up for the pre-dawn conductivity-temperature-density (CTD) trace sampler now feels almost normal.  
Although starting so early (04:00) is a tad difficult, it’s worth it. This morning was warm (24°C) and calm and the sky was festooned with stars. The sea is warming up nicely – currently 26°C – and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life of a PhD student</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/584</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/584#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephanie Sargeant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flying fish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[packing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PhD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preparation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sea survival course]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[storm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sunrise]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Weather]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[6 days of packing equipment, a sea survival course and 7 weeks at sea, what a hectic and fantastic way to start my PhD at Plymouth Marine Laboratory!
Now its day 12 on the James Cook and AMT19 is well under way. I have found my sea legs and am having the best time. I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perspective of a PhD student</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/654</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/654#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neil Wyatt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean laboratory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean suit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conductivity Temperature Depth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[wind]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;F&#8221; Word</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/566</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/566#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glen Tarran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bacteria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flow cytometer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FlowCAM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phytoplankton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plankton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plankton net]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[routine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sample]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zooplankton]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Right, where are we and what day is it? We had fish for dinner last night, so that was Friday. Therefore, I guess today is Saturday. Difficult to tell when you get into a routine and you are doing pretty much the same things every day of the week, starting in the dark and often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eye in the sky</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/551</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/551#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stelios Christodoulou]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chlorophyll-a]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[near real time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Remote Sensing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satellite]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Remote Sensing Group (RSG) at Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) process the raw satellite data received at Dundee]]></description>
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		<title>10 days down, 40 to go!</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/559</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/559#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rachael Beale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acetone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conductivity Temperature Depth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CTD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[early]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malfunction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[methanol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Marine Facilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OVOC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oxygenated Volatile Organic Compounds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[routine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sampling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sunset]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weather]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the 10th day of sampling on board the James Cook on the 19th Atlantic Meridional Transect cruise, on our way towards Chile, although that is still a huge distance away! Today we have sampled from the 25th, 26th and 27th CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth) casts, the first two pre-dawn and the third at solar noon.]]></description>
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		<title>Dolphins and the Azores</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/535</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/535#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jo Dixon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acetone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Azores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centrifuge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conductivity Temperature Depth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CTD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dolphins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laboratory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[methanol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile phone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surface sunlit ocean]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, having never written a blog before and I don’t really know what to say in this, so I shall try and give a few more personal ‘clips’ about life onboard.
I was awoken this morning, albeit after sneaking a little ‘cat nap’ after the pre-dawn CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth) sample, to my mobile phone bleeping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving the UK</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/524</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/524#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conductivity Temperature Depth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CTD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Falmouth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NOC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Optics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Punta Arenas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After several months of preparation and 3 days of mobilisation activity in Falmouth the RRS James Cook left Falmouth Docks in bright sunshine and calm seas at 12:08 on the 13th October for the 19th AMT cruise; the first on the James Cook and the first to have a destination of Punta Arenas, Chile. My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Signy Island &#8211; Monday 24th November 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/500</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/500#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ship's Doctor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[penguins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Signy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This has been a great week! Our first task was to open up the base at Signy Island. Since it impossible to berth the ship at the small jetty on the island, so the adventure began with trips to shore in the small boats:
Once ashore we all got to work with various tasks; starting up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Port Stanley to Signy &#8211; Tuesday 18th November 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/375</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/375#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gavin Tilstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elephant seals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ice bergs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[penguins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Signy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sailing was delayed on 13 December due to ship maintenance and a local storm, which kicked water over the back deck and rocked the boat, even though we were tied up in port. We sailed out of Port Stanley on 14 December and anchored in Port Elizabeth to conduct a full muster to get those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Falkland Islands &#8211; Monday 17th November 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/484</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/484#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ship's Doctor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Falkland Islands]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/?p=484</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apologies for the absent diary entry last week &#8211; it&#8217;s been far too busy! The Atlantic science cruise has come to an end now that we have reached our first port of call Stanley, in the Falkland Islands. Sadly this means that we have had to say goodbye to many of the scientists who have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Port Stanley, Falkland Islands &#8211; Wednesday 12th November 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/356</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/356#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gavin Tilstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Port Stanley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We arrived in Port Stanley at 10:00 a.m. on Monday 10 Nov. All of us tired and weary with the prospect of still having to pack our boxes of equipment into the containers. We eventually unloaded everything in the early evening which then gave us sometime to explore the town. It is spring in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supported by satellite &#8211; Sunday 9th November 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/352</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/352#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gavin Tilstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NEODAAS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Remote Sensing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satellite]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/?p=352</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The measurements we make on the ship are not the only data that we use to improve our understanding of Atlantic Ocean Dynamics. The Royal Research Ship James Clark Ross receives satellite images each day from the National Earth Observation Data Archive and Analysis Service (NEODAAS) at Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML).
High above our heads, circulating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social side of life &#8211; Sunday 2nd November 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/461</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/461#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ship's Doctor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halloween]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week, I shall provide you with a glimpse of the social side of life on-board. Whilst the scientists and crew have to work hard and for long hours, they usually manage to balance the work with less arduous activities from time to time. For example, on our journey through the tropics, some have made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aqua-Technics &#8211; Saturday 1st November 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/272</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/272#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gavin Tilstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sampling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/?p=272</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many instruments on board that we use to probe the mysteries of the ocean. From when we left Immingham to when we dock in the Falkland Islands, every minute of the day, 24 hrs a day, data is being collected along the ships track to assess the biological, physical and chemical properties of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Met Office and assorted floating devices &#8211; Friday 31st October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/324</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/324#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Woodward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Argo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bouys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOOS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Met Office]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the fun we have out here, lots of people ask for samples to be taken. Some want water, some want the water filtered to look at plankton etc. but some let us play with expensive bits of hardware like the nice Met Office boys at Exeter.
As we are at the Southern turn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spook-tastic &#8211; Friday 31st October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/317</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/317#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Woodward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halloween]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Friday 31st October and it&#8217;s&#8230; Halloween.
Scary monsters on the JCR or is it just men having a bad hair day&#8230; you decide! Personally I blame the doctor.
]]></description>
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		<title>Gordon Ramsey eat your heart out &#8211; Friday 31st October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/312</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/312#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Woodward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metereological Research Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nutrients]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Ingredients:
400 litres of seawater, plus a drop or two of perspiration to taste. Cook for 12 hours minimum at 85-90C, then store in a dark place indefinately.
Strange behaviour on the James Clark Ross as early in the morning for 4 consecutive days a couple trusty scientists (well Paul and Malc) started lifting 20 litre plastic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colours in the sky &#8211; Friday 31st October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/301</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/301#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Woodward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sky phenomenon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weather]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning it was quite overcast and with rain in the air, but with a couple blue patches poking through the gloom. On looking up we noticed this rainbow effect but very high up in the clouds, most strange. There was no rainbow before or after so a strange phenomenon&#8230;
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		<title>Physics on AMT &#8211; Thursday 30th October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/298</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/298#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Woodward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ocean Physics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since the beginning of the AMT, the programme was centred around optics, satellites and ocean biogeochemistry. It was this that established the AMT as one of the world&#8217;s leading oeanographic programmes (and hence data sets), which we are now able to call &#8216;long-term&#8217; as we enter this new phase with Oceans 2025 funding for the next 5 years. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to worry a Principle Scientific Officer &#8211; Tuesday 28th October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/249</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/249#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Woodward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sampling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So here we sit here at 1000 local time, an hour behind you in the UK. Its a gently rolling sea with blue sea, blue skies (have you looked at the webcam?) and a very pleasant morning. We have carried out the regular 2 CTD&#8217;s to 300m pre-dawn and today is one of the 2 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Webcam &#8211; Monday 27th October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/238</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/238#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Woodward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Webcam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For those wanting to look out the front window of the Bridge on the James Clark Ross as we steam southwards then the webcam can be found at:
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/images/webcams/rrjcr/index.php
And yes I can confirm its sunny today, at last!
]]></description>
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		<title>Parottnapping on the high seas &#8211; Monday 27th October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/231</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/231#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Woodward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crossing the Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parrot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ransom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a final desperate measure before meeting their judgement the dastardly Pollywogs Parotknapped the Nutrient Parrot. This chap is an old hand of 24 years at sea and far too many cruises to even start to discuss. The parott is/was cared for by the Chief of Police who is now quite distraught at this turn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Atlantic Gyres &#8211; Monday 27th October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/244</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/244#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gavin Tilstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Atlantic Gyre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Atlantic Gyre]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since ‘crossing the line’ we have sampled eight stations in the southern hemisphere to find out what is going on in the Southern Gyre.
So what is a Gyre? It is a swirling vortex, which in the ocean is created by wind or currents. There are two main gyres in the Atlantic Ocean, which are created [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crossing the Equator &#8211; Sunday 26th October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/428</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/428#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ship's Doctor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crossing the Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neptune]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At 2am on Friday, this good ship carried us over the line. I was a little disappointed to learn that there are no flashing lights, steps in the sea nor traditional song and dance for the watchmen to perform as they drove the ship into the southern hemisphere, and I hope that my arrival on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neptune Cometh to the JCR &#8211; Sunday 26th October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/200</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/200#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Woodward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crossing the Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neptune]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After crossing the line very early of friday morning, the arrival of The King was delayed until 1530 to allow for scientific activities and also for Neptune to digest his lunch properly before all the excitement began.
Traditionally the &#8216;unclean&#8217; ones. who have not crossed over into Neptunes realm. are know as &#8216;Pollywogs&#8217; and those who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Equator crossed &#8211; Friday 24th October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/196</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/196#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Woodward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neptune]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southern Hemisphere]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At 0102 hours this morning the RRS James Clark Ross and the AMT-18 team crossed the equator at 25 degrees West and headed into the Southern Hemisphere. A light swell and a starlit night welcomed us over.
Currently its 0530 and we are carrying out the first sampling CTD station of the day at 29 minutes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mario Vera, the POGO student &#8211; Thursday 23rd October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/187</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/187#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mario Vera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fellowship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neptune]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POGO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/?p=187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mario was the successful candidate from a good number of applicants from around the world who applied to be awarded the first Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO)/AMT fellowship, the aim of which is to engage with those from developing countries and give the opportunity to learn new skills and to participate in an international research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calmer seas &#8211; Thursday 23rd October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/180</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/180#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gavin Tilstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Productive]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We have now moved from more productive waters back into oligotrophic conditions. The mixed layer has deepend to 60m, the deep chlorophyll maximum is sitting at 80m and just below the thermocline.
Today we spotted a single frigate bird and what was either a sunfish or turtle. The seas around the equator are calm and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neptune cometh &#8211; Wednesday 22nd October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/183</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/183#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Woodward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crossing the Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neptune]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/?p=183</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All the first timers who have not crossed over into Neptune&#8217;s realm, and who have not as yet sworn allegiance to his oneness Lord Neptune, are summoned to his majesty&#8217;s prescence this Friday afternoon at 1530 to confess their sins and throw themselves on his mercy (fat chance of that).
After much negotiation with a very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections after 2 weeks at sea &#8211; Monday 20th October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/155</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/155#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Woodward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[analysing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CTD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Atlantic Gyre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preparation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sampling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[storm]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So here is the first of a series of pieces to try to outline and explain how we got here and what we are doing out here. I am Malcolm Woodward, nutrient chemist of too many years and the logistics co-ordinator for the scientists on the AMT cruises.
The organising of an international research cruise has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Science on board &#8211; Sunday 19th October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/417</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/417#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ship's Doctor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life on board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I promised to write about the scientists this week; my intention had been to try explaining the science that goes on on-board, however, as was pointed out to me, if people want to know about BAS science, they go to the research pages &#8211; people reading the web-diaries apparently want to know about everyday life. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stars in the sea &#8211; Sunday 19th October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/149</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/149#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gavin Tilstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dolphin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phosphorescence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[squid]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/?p=149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the conductivity-temperature-density (CTD) profile yesterday it appears that we have moved out of the Northern Gyre and into more productive waters. Last night at 22:30 I saw from the ships bow a magnificent display of marine phosphorescence. As the ship ploughed through the waves, tiny star like formations appeared in the spray, like a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue deserts? &#8211; Friday 17th October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/144</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/144#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gavin Tilstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[light]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nutrients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plankton]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/?p=144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On this vast deep blue slab of ocean, we have not seen any wildlife for days and it would appear on the surface that there is nothing out here except occasional white horses looming ferociously around the ship. Similarly the satellite ocean colour imagery that we receive daily from the National Earth Observation Data Archive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KT Tunstall &#8211; Thursday 16th October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/74</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/74#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glen Tarran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crossing the Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KT Tunstall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neptune]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade Winds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tropic of Cancer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/?p=74</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Currently typing away in time to KT Tunstall. Oh yes, it&#8217;s 1930 here and I&#8217;m about to turn in to try and get 8 hours sleep for once. I figure if I lie in bed for 8.5 hours I might get 8 hours sleep out of it. Unbelievable luxury. It basically means everything went smoothly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hot, hot, hot &#8211; Thursday 16th October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/27</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/27#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glen Tarran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conductivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CTD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Instruments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Temperature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hot, sweaty, currently letting my feet breathe. Training shoes have got up and walked off on their own! Heat generated by 2 flow cytometers in the main lab is like having a 3 bar electric fire on ALL day. The air coming off the lasers is also a tad warm. Main lab is now festooned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trials as we head South &#8211; Sunday 12th October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/398</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/398#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ship's Doctor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Departure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rough Seas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/?p=398</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When approached earlier in the week to be asked if I would take on the responsibility of maintaining the JCR web diary, I felt quite honoured. I was told that the ship&#8217;s doctor always writes the web diary because the doctor is on-board for longer than everyone else, is always enthusiastic about the new environment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The wake after the storm &#8211; Thursday 9th October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/5</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/5#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gavin Tilstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Participants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tilstone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Setting the scene
On 5th October after the force 9 storm, we started the science proper. There are 21 scientists from 7 institutes on board who make a broad spectrum of measurements that helps improve our understanding of the biological, chemical and physical dynamics of the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic Meridional Transect programme is hosted by Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farewell Blighty &#8211; Tuesday 7th October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/3</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/3#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gavin Tilstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preparation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tilstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weather]]></category>

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Once you meet the ship you are faced with the task of craning it all on to the ship and then unpacking everything to set up the laboratories that will be become our ‘homes’ for the next 5 weeks. This involves securing bench tops and then all of the instruments and equipment to the lab [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Position Report &#8211; Monday 6th October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/110</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/110#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1200 BST/ 1100 GMT
49 23&#8242;N 011 16&#8242;W &#8211; 191 nm WxS from Bishop Rock
CMG 264 T, Av Spd  11.46kts, G.Av S  10.68kts, Wind  SSW 5, Air Temp 15.6C, Sea Temp 14.5C, Baro 1002.6mb
Overcast with occasional breaks. Fog through late morning into early p.m. Visibility mainly moderate to good, reduced to poor in fog. Moderate seas, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Position Report &#8211; Sunday 5th October</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/114</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/114#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1200 BST/ 1100 GMT
49 46&#8242;N 004 59&#8242;W &#8211; 14 nm SE from Lizard Point
Co Var, Av Spd  7.25kts, G.Av S  10.3 kts, Wind  SSW 7 (SW gale gusting 50+kts overnight), Air Temp 14.3C, Sea Temp 13.6C, Baro 998.9mb
Overcast with frequent rain showers through night. Visibility mainly moderate to good, reduced to moderate, occ&#8217;ly poor, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Position Report &#8211; Saturday 4th October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/86</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/86#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Woodward]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[1200 BST/ 1100 GMT
Position 50 20&#8242;N 000 02&#8242;W &#8211; 13 nm SE from St. Catherines Point, I.O.W.
Wind  SW 40-45kts, Air Temp 13.6C, Sea Temp 15.9C, Baro 1010.8mb
Cloudy, with occasional light rain showers. Visibility mainly good, reduced in showers. Rough head seas. V/l pitching moderately, spray for&#8217;d.
0148 Reported to Dover
0200-0400 Straightforward transit through Dover Strait in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Position Report &#8211; Friday 3rd October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/44</link>
		<comments>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/44#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Woodward]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[1600 BST/ 1500 GMT

Position 53 12'N 001 24'E - 16nm NxE from Cromer

Wind NWxN 8, previously 9 on departure from Humber.

Air Temp 10.9C, Sea Temp 13.5C, Baro 1000.8mb

Cloudy, with squally rain showers. Visibility mainly good, reduced in showers. Rough seas. V/l rolling moderately, occasionally mod/heavily.]]></description>
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		<title>Position Report &#8211; Thursday 2nd October 2008</title>
		<link>http://web.pml.ac.uk/amtblog/index.php/92</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Woodward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Position Report]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[2000 BST/ 1900 GMT
Vessel securely moored starboard side to No.2 Quay, Immingham Docks.
Wind  WSW 3, Air Temp 10.9C, Water Temp 14.4C, Baro 1000.8mb
Cloudy, mainly fine.
0800-1700 Loading cargo to completion; lashing gang securing cargo for sea, to
be completed 03/10 prior to departure.
Bunkers (MGO) loaded in two stages from barge, first 01/10, with second barge this morning
Loaded [...]]]></description>
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