Jacob Tanenbaum: Teacher At Sea 2007

Monday, May 28, 2007

 

Kodiak, Alaska

NOAA Teacher At Sea: Jacob Tanenbaum
NOAA Ship MILLER FREEMAN
Mission: Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations
Day 10: May 28, 2007

Last night we stopped survey operations and sailed for the Coast Guard Station in Kodiak, Alaska. We went through a part of the island called Whale Pass. We saw whales blowing in the distance, sea otters drifting with the tide and a spectacular Alaska sunset that seemed to go on forever.
We pulled into port and found another NOAA Ship, called the Fairweather. They were on the pier right next to us. Lieutenant Sean set me up with a tour. I met ENS Matthew Glazewski who took time from a busy morning to give me a tour. What an amazing ship! They do work mapping the bottom of the sea with all kinds of interesting sonar equipment. I as glad I had a chance to go on board.
This morning, I said some sad goodbyes to the crew on the FREEMAN and left the ship along with the science crew. The scientists departed by plane for Seattle while NOAA Ship MILLER FREEMAN prepared to leave later in the afternoon for a transit south. The crew are leaving for warmer waters off the west coast of the USA. They will spend a few days in transit, a few in port and then pick up more scientists for studies along the west coast of the USA. The crew have had a long spring in the cold Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska. I think they all will be grateful for some bright sunny warm days. I wish them pleasant journeys and thank each and every one of them for all their support and hospitality and for a wonderful 10 days.

Today I had a day on Kodiak Island while I wait for my flight out tomorrow. What an amazing day. I tried to rent a car in the airport and was unsuccessful. I was sad at first, and then set out to make the best of it by exploring on foot. I started with some lunch. What a treat! For Memorial Day, Kodiak had something called a Crab Festival. There were rides, treats, and of course, Alaska King Crab. Take a look a lunch today!

I next set off on a long hike through the areas near the town of Kodiak. Lieutenant Sean had given me a list and guide to the town, and using that, I visited the harbors near town, and then a park just outside of town where I was able to hike through spruce trees covered with moss, and then find isolated beaches full of birds, including eagles.

Next, I decided to hike to the top of a mountain overlooking Kodiak, again, following Lieutenant Sean's recommendation. I found myself on top of a peak overlooking one of the most beautiful views I have seen on the trip so far. In fact, I took almost 500 photos today and had a very hard time selecting what to show you on the blog. I'll put more on the gallery when I get back to New York, so you can see more soon.

On the way down, the weather started to grow cold. Suddenly the clouds opened up and rain began pouring down. I still had miles to go to get back to town and shelter. And I thought they called this DRY land! Fortunately, I was "rescued" by the Kelly family, who were driving down the gravel road I was walking along. They offered me a ride and then asked if I would like to join them for dinner. When we got to their beautiful house in Kodiak, we found that one of their friends had left a treat for us. Fresh red salmon, caught just down the road. What a feast! I was also amazed when they brought fresh vegetables out to make salad. I found out that the vegetables are brought to the island by barge from the west coast. We had a great time learning about each other's home towns. Thank you to the Kellys, and thank you to everyone who made this such a spectacular voyage.
Tomorrow I'll be traveling, but will check the blog on Wednesday when I get back into the New York area, so please write comments. I'll see you all in school soon.
Here is a question for you: If you could travel anywhere you wanted to, where would you decide to go? Why?

Comments:
Hi from another TAS! I appreciate your log platform; it is ingenious and easy to read. I am shipping out this weekend to assist with collecting "physical, chemical and biological data to document spatial and temporal patterns in the California Current System" for Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

I was wondering if you had contact with ice burgs? If so, would you do a HUGE favor? I use oceanography to teach middle school physical science and am in need of some ice burg/glacial melt water for salinity comparisons. Perhaps it would be possible to haul a small one onboard, rinse it and catch the melt water in a small plastic bottle? If so, be sure to image the chunk, measure it and give us details of lat/long of recovery and the suspected glacial origin. Additionally, are you collecting any CDT readings from “near burgs?” It would be really interesting to compare glacial CDT readings with ones we are collecting out of San Francisco.
 
mr.tanambam,
thank you for teaching us about your trip.We have been fallowing up with what you have been doing.And you are telling us about animals being extinct and your eating the fish! and the place i would like to go is italy because my family orignated from there,pizza, towers, venice and more well thank you.
 
Hi Mr. Tanenbaum!

I really think it's so cool that you launched the buoy Excalibur! Are you having a good time? How is the cat on the ship doing? Well, I hope your trip is going well!

Your friend,

Carolyn
 
Dear Mr.T
I just wanted to wish you a happy trip when you come back.I know that you miss your son and your family.when you come back, could could you bring back a pollock?
One place I wish I can go is to jamaca, or canada.Well I gotta go bye bye.
 
hi mr. t of the bearing sea.

If i could go anywhere in the world, i would go to Puerto Rico or the Bahamas. I would like to go to those places to go to the beach and shop. hope you are having a great time!

Bye-
***** the tree peeps [#3] *****
 
Hi Mr. T of the bearing sea!

If I could go any where in the world I would eithere go to Jamaca, or Utah. I would go to Jamaca to go to the beach and taste the food. I would go to Utah to ski down the mountain and hike the hills! There are 2 places were I would go in the world

Bye-
***** the three peeps [#2] *****
 
Hi Mr. T. of the bearing sea,

If i could pick a place to go i would go to,Brazil, I think it would be so cool to be there! I think it would look so different. Well if i get the oppertunity to go, i won't thik twice and on my way to Brazil i will be!


Bye-
***** the three peeps [#1] *****
 
Hey Mr. Tanenbaum!

How was your trip so far? did you catch anything yet? have you ever gotten seasick?
hope to see you soon!!!

From Shannin

p.s. say hi to snuggy and Rusty for me!!!
 
Dear Mr.T,
I learned that you were studying the larva of polloc!And when you have been on your trip! Also I would LOVE to go to a jungle with tons of monkeys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would love to go there because I LOVE monkeys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!And because I have only seen monkeys when they were in the zoo and I want to see how they live and talk with each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Dear Mr. Tanenbaum,
Hi! How are you doing! how is Alaska? It must be sooo cool to see all different species of fish! If I had the chance to see Alaska, I'd be sooo excited to see it! Being on a boat must be such a cool experience! Say hi to Snuggly and Rusty for me! By the way, when did you start to take trips to Alaska? Well, I'm glad to see that you've got to Alaska safely!! Bye!
 
Dear Mr. T.
thank you for teaching us a lot about the envierment and now I now how fast some plaines travel.

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I'm glad we have a teacher that cares about nature.
 
dear mr t

thank u soooooooooooooooooooooooo much 4 going there i have lernd sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo muchthanks
 
if i could go some were i would go to califrinya because it is warm
 
Hi
Thanks for caring so much about the enviorment your a great help.
Hope you had a good trip.
 
Dear Mr. T,

Thank you for studying the environment and trying to help it.

I Want To Go To Bed.
 
Dear Mr.Taununbum
I am happy to hear that the excalobor wqas sucsessful. I hope you had a fun time. Havea safe ride home. I want to go to Las vegas. It is so much fun.
 
Dear Mr.T
Thank you soooooo much for caring so much about our enviorment. You are doing so much to help it. You have also taught me so much about this too. One thing I learned was that plankton can also be a plant, not just an animal. Also, if I could go anywhere in the world, would love to go to Alaska too because you made it sound so I hope that you have a safe trip home and I hope to see you soon. Bye!!!
*Erica*
 
Dear Mr.T,

I'm glad you care adout nature. I think you are the biggest fan of nature.
 
Hi Mr. Tanenbaum! Did you have a nice time? How much did you learn about plankton? If I could go any where I would want to go to Sacremento California.
 
Dear Mr.T,
Thank you for caring about our enviorment. It is great how you went to Alsaka and again for caring about our enviorment. I learned about a lot while you were gone and has been great here in New York. If i could go anywhere in the world I would go to Korea because I'm a Korean person and I went there when I was only 2 or 3 years old so I dont know a lot.

From,
Sarah
 
Dear Mr.T,
Hi! How are you? I'm fine. I am so happy to here that the Exaliber was a sucess! I hope you had a great trip! I would like to go go California because I went there 2 years in a row and it's beautiful there and it has amusment parks whitch are fun. So I hope you have a asfe trip home!!
 
Dear Mr. T.,
Thank you for telling me about Kodiak, Alaska. I am happy to hear from you and that the Excalibur was sucessful! A place in the world that i would like to go to is Mexico because it is beautiful and it has beaches and stores! I am glad that you care about the environment so much.I hope that you have a safe trip home.
-Paulina
 
Dear Mr. T,

IT'S GREAT WE HAVE A TEACHER THAT CARES ABOUT THE ENVIRMENT AND NATURE.
 
If I were to go anywhere in the world I would go to Italy because of the PIZZA!
 
Mr. T,

We have learned many things about Plankton.
 
Thank You for going to alaska

If i could go anywhere i would go to iraq to help the people there
 
Hi Mr.T
Thank you for going on the trip it is so cool to have a teacher that is so adventurous that you went to Alaska. I also learned what plankton are ment for. Thank you once again. I always wanted to go to Poland because I want to go Europe and I like the cold and Poland has like the perfect temperture for me
PS bring back Fish food (the game)
 
mr.t,

thank you for helping us learn about Alaka's nature.you have helped me with my social studies project. i learned that plamkton can be plants.
 
Thank you for being a great teacher!


I would like to go to the Bahamas
 
mr.t,
i would like to visit argentina, because of the exciting culture.

J.
 
Dear Mr. T,
it must of been really fun to do this adventure. I apreciate that you take time to teach us during your studies.
If there was any place in the world for me to go to I would go to either Ireland or the countries in the Mediterainean Sea. Irish is my background and the Mediterainean Countries are beautiful.

C U Soon
 
thank you for going to Alaska for us and i would like to Alaska because thats the only place in the U.S. that i havnt been to.
 
Dear Mr. T,
it must of been really fun to do this adventure. I apreciate that you take time to teach us during your studies.
If there was any place in the world for me to go to I would go to either Ireland or the countries in the Mediterainean Sea. Irish is my background and the Mediterainean Countries are beautiful.

C U Soon
 
Dear MR.T
We are very lucky to have you as are teacher. You do all these cool things like travel to Alaska and go on adventures . I am so happy that Excalibur was a success Then you come back and tell us what you have learned. If I could go anywhere on the earth it would be to Spain to see the hispanic cultue and the beautiful hispanic structures.
- A student form Mr.Doctor's Class
 
Dear Mr. T,
It's Bob from Mr. Doctors class. I have learned so many interesting things from your trip. Plankton is very important in the food chain.
 
Dear Mr.T
We are very lucky to have a teacher like you who cares about the enviroment.Thank you for going to Alaska and keeping in touch with us so we know what it is like in Alaska and what is going on. It is very nice of you to do that.
If I could go anywhere in the world it would be South Africa. I would go there because there are so many culture dances and my favorite babysitter lives there. I know that there are two types of plankton. Pollock plankton and Plant plankton. Plant plankton survives or eats the sunlight and the Pollock plankton eats food.

Well class is over so see ya when you come back,

A student from Mr.Doctor's class
 
Hi Mr.t thank goodness you are comeing home thank you for doing this.One think I leared that pollock is the most catched fish.I will like to go to Italey because I alwas what to see the lining tower of pizza.Have a good trip in Alaska.

From John
 
How are you ! I hope you had a good time so far!Thank you for the website you made .It was really generous of you.We learned that plankton is really important in the food chain.Have a great trip
back home!

sincerly,Rachel
 
Dear mr T,
how are you doing in Alaska? You must be having a lot of fun there I heard you like to go canuing down the river. I like to do that too.how many kinds of plankton have youn seen so far? I think it is good for ypou to go there because your helping our enviorment. Gooed Job!
 
Hi Mr.T!
How are you?Are you having fun on you'r trip?I love what you are doing to hellp our envirment!I also learned about plankten a little.Actually our whole class learned about it!Have fun!BYE!
 
Hi Mr.T,

Ihope you had a good trip! I learned That pollock is used in things like Mcdonalds filet o fish and in school fish sticks. Pollock is a type of plankton that is used in food. it's population is decreesing. It is an extremely important part of the food chain. I would love to visit Japan.

Best,
Noah
 
Dear,MR.T

how are you? good thing you are coming home. I learned about one type of plankton. like a plant plankton for example.
 
Hi Mr.T How was your tripI hope you had a good time you are helping the world I liked the pichers of the buterflys and other thing like that i want to go to Mexiago
 
Hello MR.T

I hope you don't have a long time coming back. I never would of guess they ate lobsters up there.I also never knew that I ate Pollock Plankton. If I could go somewhere it woulld probroly go to California because of its beaches and the desert Death Vally also the Red Wood Forest.
 
Hello MR.T

I hope you don't have a long time coming back. I never would of guess they ate lobsters up there.I also never knew that I ate Pollock Plankton. If I could go somewhere it woulld probroly go to California because of its beaches and the desert Death Vally also the Red Wood Forest.
 
Hello mr.t,
How are you doing?
Our class learned about the pollok fish.We found out that you study the pollock larvae.Also that it is the most fished fish.I would like to go to KOREA to vist cousins.I hope that you enjoy your trip back to Cottage Lane Elementary school




sincerely,
Rebecca
 
Dear Mr. T,

I am so happy that you are coming back soon. I've learned so much.
We were happy to hear that Excalibur was a success.
I would like to visit Hawaii because it's warm and tropical. I hope to see you soon.
 
hey what's up just want to say have a safe trip home
from,
anonymous
 
i hope you have a great trip and I thank you for helping the enviorment you are like an earth's best friend for doing that!
 
dear mr.t
i really appreceate that you were helping the enviorment me and my friend are trying to help save gorillas
 
dear mr.t'
i heard about the horrible storm and your long plane ride if I were you I may not like the trip but I guess the food and the veiws were good I hope you are having a great trip.
 
Dear MrT.
I really apperactiate the you are trying to help the enviorment. My 2 friends and I are trying to help save gorillas and all animals i really want to go to alaska i here its beautiful there.
 
Dear Mr.T. what's up? Do you like it out ther in Alaska?You are so lucky I always wanted to Alaska. Ciao
 
hI MR T.
THANK U FOR TACKING CARE OF THE PLANKTON! tHANKS
bYYYYYYY
i WOULD LIKE TOO GO TOO aLASKA
 
dear Mr.T
I hope you are having a good trip.
I wish I was there.I saw the pictures that you sent us and they look amazing I think I may want to go to the bearing sea.I think it is great that your helping the enviorment.
 
Dear Mr. T,

I hope you have a great(safe) trip back! I am so happy that you are helping the enviorment! Your like the earths best friend and i hope you do more great things like that! Plankton is such an intresting animal! I would have never guessed that jellyfish are like kind of like plankton!!

from,
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Dear Mr. T,
I am so happy that you are helping the enviormant! Your an Earths best friend! Plankton is so cool! Its just like a vegteble to us, only plankton is for fish! Ha Ha Ha!

From,
??????
 
i hope you have a great time back form alaska
 
mr.t hope you have a great trip back from alaska and i wish i was there to experiance the fun.
 
Dear Mr.T

Thank you fro helping our enviorment. I also help it too.
Hope you have a safe flight. Are you getting alot of information...


Bye
 
thank you for hellping our enviroment.i hope you have a good trip home.i would like to go to the north pole
 
good trip. i would like to visit aulstalia because i like animals
 
dear MR.T thank for thinking about our enviorment it is helpful.. thank you very much.
 
I would go to italy if I could
 
Dear Mr.T

IT is very exciting that you are helping our enviorment. Are you getting many facts. I hope you have a safe flight back... If i could go anywhere on earth i would go to California because i was born there.

Bye
 
Dear Mr.T,

i thank you for hellping the earth. i hope you have a good trip home.i would like to go to the north pole so i can stick my tounge to the pole.


bye
 
To Mr. T.,

I hope your tripto home was fine.
I herd that exalber had been lonched.I would like to go to Ierlend because I have Irish hartig.
 
Dear Mr. t,
Thanks alot for teaching us about plankton. One place i would like to go would be Italy because it sounds really interesting. I hope your enjoying your trip.
 
Hey Mr.T
I really want to go to Ireland because almost everyone in my family has gone and loved it. Also because my grandfather was born there.I'm glad you have had a great trip, its nice you care about the enviorment so much.I look forward to seeing and hearing more about your trip.Plus hows the weather if its snowing or cold your lucky because you never know when there will never be snow again based on the weather here. Have a safe trip home.
 
I like your website. I hope you are haveing a good time.






from,Talia
 
Hi Mr. Tanenbaum,

I would like to go to Antarctica to see Penguins. I wish I could be a scientist and study the animals that live there. I liked looking at the pictures and reading about your trip.

Yours truly,
DS
 
Sorry we couldn't have had better weather for you during your brief stay, but I'm glad you got to see some of our hospitality.
 
Mr T....what a fabulous blog and how informative for the children! I have enjoyed it immensely. I look forward to future "Teacher at Sea" from you.

Jo Turney, Sacramento. Ca.
 
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