 foam markers from Little Hercules to mark sites of interest for return dives.
April 2 Log Working at sea
has been both an incredible personal and professional experience for me. The Okeanos Explorer
is filled with amazingly skilled and passionate people.
March 27 Log As I logged on
to the Okeanos Explorer
links this morning, I could hardly control my excitement over today’s dive on a potential shipwreck site.
March 24 Log I have explored the depths
of the ocean on a number of different ships with a variety of deep-sea vehicles, but I never done it from my desk.
March 23 Log Early yesterday morning
an electrical fire at a NOAA headquarters building caused havoc for a number of friends and colleagues in the Washington, DC, area.
March 22 Log The remotely operated vehicle
(ROV) went in the water at 0800 EDT (on schedule), and we eagerly awaited the discoveries ahead of us as the ROV descended to the seafloor.
March 21 Log By 0730
, we had already cancelled today's dive at our primary location on the Florida Escarpment.
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