Life Beyond the Beaker

We are almost set up. Feeling super safe in my lab with all of my safety gear on haha. Chemistry lab set up and first standardisation is done. I am ready to go woop. Really loving the changes that have been made to the ships, with a push on no plastic bottles and everyone gets a reusable cup. Great effort. Here is our team for the trip!! Only 7 in the science tech team, 7 in the NMF tech team and 22 crew! Half the usual amount that is on the ships. Finishing the unloading! We should be setting sail on Saturday!!

We have arrived at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton! Supposedly the port that is the gateway to the world! We are docked outside of NOC, it really is a fantastic setup! Yesterday, we had a very long day on the bus where we were socially distanced and wore masks all day. Caption contest for this photo anyone? The guy on the right is Stuart who is our PSO for the cruise. The rest us of are all also from SAMS and we range from postdocs to physics techs. I on the ship to be a chemistry and complete oxygen titrations, when not doing that I am a physics tech in training but I also have to revise for my Yachtmaster. It's going to be a busy one. It was a long day, but I mostly just slept! It is the first time I've ever had my own cabin! I really like sharing A cabin, especially as the last few years I have been with some awesome people however after only just coming out of lockdown it's nice ...