Category Archives: Logistics

Student Questions from Nashville

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Whitney King

Dear Dr. King et al. I introduced you to my 5th grade science students by reading your first post and they had a lot of questions: Thanks for the posts from Nashville.   I am sitting at Logan Airport waiting … Continue reading →

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So Much Water – So Little Time

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Whitney King

We just got an email from Barney on sampling logistics for the cruise.  You would think that researchers on an oceanographic research vessel floating in the middle of the ocean could have all the water they wanted whenever they wanted it. … Continue reading →

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Packing, Packing, Packing – What you leave behind stays behind.

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Whitney King

Preparing for a cruise takes almost as much time as the cruise itself.   Research ships are scheduled 1-2 years before the actual cruise.   The Chief Scientist, Barney, works with the ship operations crew at Scripps to refine the … Continue reading →

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