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This page links to blog articles as they are posted from CoralFISH research cruises at sea.
CoralFISH Cruise Blog
| Day 14 - The last full day of the BoBGeo Cruise |
As the cruise comes to an end the seismic streamer and air cannons are deployed for the last time - Multibeam continues mapping the Bay of Biscay sea floor and Chirp is still chirping - Last night's grab comes up empty.
You can also read the French version of these blog pages here
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| 27 Oct 2009 - 21:35 by CoralFISH |
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| Day 13 - Two days to go |
Jean-Francois gives a presentation to the crew - The Seismic and Multibeam data collection continues - Missed the dolphins again.
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| 26 Oct 2009 - 21:11 by CoralFISH |
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| Day 12 - What happened to the storm? |
The storm that everyone was talking about yesterday never seemed to materialise, instead today was a beautiful day. I even ended up sunbathing on the foredeck.
Scampi and Calypso are deployed possibly for the last time this cruise.
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| 25 Oct 2009 - 21:46 by CoralFISH |
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| Day 11 - A quiet day |
Or is it the calm before the storm?
It seems very quiet on board the Pourquoi pas? today with only Chirp and Multibeam working. There is a slight swell but maybe everyone is waiting for bad weather to come which is forecast to hit us this evening.
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| 24 Oct 2009 - 20:27 by CoralFISH |
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| Day 8 - Another wild day |
Today the swell is even higher than yesterday, because of this only the Chirp and Multibeam are in action.
A frustrating day with the internet!
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| 21 Oct 2009 - 20:46 by CoralFISH |
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| Day 7 - Life on board the Pourquoi pas? |
Still a heavy swell from last night with more to come tonight. Because of the swell nothing was deployed today other than the acoustic equipment, therefore I thought I might write a little about how my time onboard is spent.
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| 20 Oct 2009 - 20:22 by CoralFISH |
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| Day 6 - SCAMPI goes astray |
Last night another core approximately 12m long was recovered by Calypso and SCAMPI was deployed at around 10.30pm and again this afternoon when it was reluctant to come back.
The weather is about to change as a depression is forecast for the Bay of Biscay as we head for a new station.
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| 19 Oct 2009 - 20:43 by CoralFISH |
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| Days 4 and 5 at sea |
Jean-Francois is very keen to have the blog translated into French so that the families of the the people on board can read about what is going on during the cruise.
Success with Calypso (the carottier/corer): a 23 metre core is recovered.
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| 18 Oct 2009 - 22:37 by CoralFISH |
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| Day 3 - early results |
Another fine morning with clear skies. However, with the Pourquoi pas? sailing at around 8 knots the wind felt quite strong and was very bracing as I stood on the front deck of level seven looking for the dolphins.
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| 17 Oct 2009 - 21:55 by CoralFISH |
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| Day 2 - Sampling begins |
The wind got up a bit last night and although we arose to another bright and sunny morning the sea was quite a bit rougher than yesterday.
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| 16 Oct 2009 - 17:03 by CoralFISH |
BobGeo Cruise
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| Day one at sea |
My first time at sea started today when we set sail this morning at 8.00AM.
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| 15 Oct 2009 - 20:25 by CoralFISH |
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| Arriving on the Pourquoi pas? |
One day to go!
I've had a very interesting week at the CoralFISH Conference in Heraklion where I met with Jean-Francois Bourillet, the Chief Scientist on the BoBGeo Cruise.
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| 14 Oct 2009 - 16:54 by CoralFISH |
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| 10 days to cast-off |
Let me introduce myself: I'm Owen McPherson and I'll be writing a blog for this website during the BobGeo cruise aboard the Pourquoi Pas?
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| 4 Oct 2009 - 11:19 by CoralFISH |
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| BobGeo |
The BobGeo cruise (looking at the Geology of the Bay of Biscay) will take place onboard the R/V Pourquoi pas? from 13th-28th October. Owen Mc Pherson from Oceanlab in Aberdeen will be onboard and relating his experiences.
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| 3 Sep 2009 - 12:02 by CoralFISH |
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