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...
View ArticleClinton: 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...
View ArticleIsaac: 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...
View ArticleCody: 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...
View ArticleAaron: 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...
View ArticleCarla: 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...
View ArticleMarisa: 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,”...
View ArticleZach: 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...
View ArticleTrevor: 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...
View ArticleAdrian: 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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