Mindset Adventures With Saz

The main aim for me on this cruise is for my point measurements ( collecting and analysing oxygen within water samples taken from the niskins on the rosettes at different depths across the water column)  to be compared against the sensor data to see what drift we are getting, this is called calibrating the sensors. Find out more about this below... In 2018 when we were on the RV Neil Armstrong we did the same research cruise to swap over deep-sea oceanographic moorings and calibrate instruments. We are only doing the eastern side of all of the moorings this year because collaborators and different scientists are on the Neil Armstrong completing the moorings from greenland toward iceland to fill in the gaps. This is the 3rd time I have done oxygen analysis on a research cruise, but this time I was in charge of packing, transporting, and sorting out all of the chemicals and equipment. It is pretty stressful because if you mess up mixing the chemicals or don't pack something it can re...

We have finally set sail. After a much longer time in port than expected due to one crews could test being delayed and then an engine failure we finally set sail almost a week later than planned. However, when I say a week the cruise is already 3 months behind because of COVID so 1 week does not seem so bad. "What even is mobilisation of a research ship?" I explain in the second blog of cruise #DY120 on #RRSDiscovery to turnaround CLASS and @uk_osnap moorings https://t.co/GH8rQ5VVIY https://t.co/OLPFTcS7IQ Last week after we had set up the instruments,sensors and processing files ready for the mooring recovery and deployments we set to work on some personal development. It was great to have time to do this and it's been rather a full on week of learning for me. Readjusting to life after the first lock down is tough going after only had Al to interact with for 5 months and being furloughed, being on a ship with 22 people is a bit of a shock to the s...