We will be collecting lots of sea water from the clean sampling fish during our stay at Station P. This boom holds the sheave for the kevlar sampling line running to the fish.(Photo by Mark Wells)
OCEAN STATION P, NORTH PACIFIC (May 24, 2007): We are at Station P and collecting liters and liters of clean water from the fish for our experiments. The ship is slowly going in large circles. At one point Charlie suggested we do Figure Eights to break up the monotony. For the next day or so we will be in overdrive completing our work at Ocean Station PAPA and then securing the lab and gear for the trip back to Alaska. Depending on the heading, the net can be unreliable while the ship is underway, so it may be a day or two before my next post. We've been told that we will have an afternoon and overnight docked at Ketchikan Harbor. I'm excited to be going ashore in Alaska as I have always wanted to go and never have.
