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Sam: Survey of tidal energy in Alberni Inlet: BC

Sam’s Science blog 8am-12pm 1/31 As we enter the final few days of the cruise it’s important to think about the individual aspects of each project and how they fit into the research cruise. Each...

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Clinton: Of Mapping and Sleep

Clinton Stipek Well, here we are, just about done with the cruise and trying to piece everything together. For my project I was looking at sea level rise evidence by looking at historic shorelines...

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Isaac: Finding Good Friday – The Search For The Tsunami

Isaac’s blog:  In 1964 the small logging town of Port Alberni was struck by the tsunami generated by the Good Friday earthquake, magnitude 9.2, originating near Anchorage, Alaska. This is Canada’s most...

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Cody: The fate of biologically produced methane in an anoxic fjord

This cruise has been an amazing experience, and I am so glad I could be a part of it. Besides collecting and processing data for my project, I worked 8-12 both AM and PM on watch. Watch consisted of...

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Aaron: Following the currents in Barkley Sound

Greetings to anyone who decides to read this blog post. My name is Aaron Anderson. I am one of four undergrads who are studying the physical oceanography of Barkley Sound, BC. What is physical...

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Carla: Discovery of a New Marine Seep and the Bubbleator

A fisherman reported a strange signature on his echo-sounder off the Strait of Juan de Fuca that was suggested to be a marine seep. Following this tip by a fisherman, on 01/26/2013, the R/V Thompson...

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Marisa: An ITSI Bitsy Engineering Project

I won’t deny that at the beginning of Autumn quarter when Miles first came up to me and said something along the lines of “You should do a project related to ocean engineering for your thesis,”...

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Zach: On a Small Boat

I’m on a Small Boat.  Its 0800 on board the R/V Thompson, the big boat. Day seven on our senior research voyage and finally it is my time to get some actual field data that feels real. We are loading...

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Trevor: We all need oxygen

I never thought I could learn so much about scientific field work in such a short amount of time as I did on my senior research cruise to Barkley Sound.  After deliberating for months on what my final...

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Adrian: Wrapping Up My Barkley Sound Experience

February 1, 2013 As an oceanographer in the making, this has been an amazing and memorable experience. Today Lyndsey and I collected our last sediment cores from the multicorer; our first one at 4:30pm...

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