After ten stations we had to stop for a couple of days due to weather, of the bad kind of course – sustained winds above 50 knots for over 24 hrs and waves averaging 18 ft or more. Stuart Pearce from the Department of Oceanography is one of four students onboard, the others are from [...]
Filed under Southern Oceans Posted on February 28th 2011
RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer NBP-1102/S04P Weekly Scientific Report 01, 24 February 2011 from Jim Swift, SIO, Chief Scientist, and Alex Orsi, TAMU, Co-Chief Scientist 69.7°S, 169.9°E 0200 Z (1500 local) -0.9 degC (30 degF) winds 6 knots from NE on station 009
Filed under Southern Oceans Posted on February 24th 2011