Saturday, May 26, 2007
A Tour of the Ship
NOAA Teacher At Sea
: Jacob Tanenbaum
Question of the Day:
How would you like to live on a ship? Write me and let me know what your thoughts are.
Answers to Your Questions:
The water temperature yesterday was 41.18 degrees Fahrenheit. The air temperature was 42.8.
: Jacob Tanenbaum NOAA Ship MILLER FREEMAN
Mission: Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations
Day 8: May 26, 2007
Weather Data from the Bridge:
Visibility: 2 Miles
Wind Speed: 3 kts
Sea Wave Height: 1 Foot (Whew)
Sea Wave Height: 1 Foot (Whew)
Water Temperature: 5.7 Degrees Celsius
Air Temperature: 7.2 Degrees Celsius
Pressure: 1007.2 Mbs
Personal Log
The sea finally calmed down. Calm seas are a great time to look for marine mammals, like whales and dolphins. In calm water, they are easier to spot. The picture above is a fin whale. Here is some video of a few Dall’s Porpoises that came by.
Ships like this are very different from our homes. First of all, everything is made of metal. So be careful. The walls are very hard. The ship has a lot crammed into a small space. So it may seem small in some ways, but there are lots of places to go and explore. The ship we are on actually has 5 decks. Would you like to take a trip around the ship? Click here for a walking tour. Tell me, is the ship larger than you thought? Smaller? Write me a comment and let me know.
Science Log:
We are continuing to wait for data from Excalibur. It may have flipped itself over during the storm a few days ago. Come on, Excalibur, let us know where you are!
In the mean time, the survey continues. We have deployed the bongo nets over 100 times so far on this cruise. Here is a photo of Chief Survey Technician Phillip White and I bringing in a bongo. Take a look at some of the creatures we are finding:
A jelly fish
An arrow chaedognath (brissle mouth) eating the larvae of a krill
Personal Log
The sea finally calmed down. Calm seas are a great time to look for marine mammals, like whales and dolphins. In calm water, they are easier to spot. The picture above is a fin whale. Here is some video of a few Dall’s Porpoises that came by.
Ships like this are very different from our homes. First of all, everything is made of metal. So be careful. The walls are very hard. The ship has a lot crammed into a small space. So it may seem small in some ways, but there are lots of places to go and explore. The ship we are on actually has 5 decks. Would you like to take a trip around the ship? Click here for a walking tour. Tell me, is the ship larger than you thought? Smaller? Write me a comment and let me know.
Science Log:
We are continuing to wait for data from Excalibur. It may have flipped itself over during the storm a few days ago. Come on, Excalibur, let us know where you are!
In the mean time, the survey continues. We have deployed the bongo nets over 100 times so far on this cruise. Here is a photo of Chief Survey Technician Phillip White and I bringing in a bongo. Take a look at some of the creatures we are finding:
A jelly fish
An arrow chaedognath (brissle mouth) eating the larvae of a krill
We think this might be a salp They are tiny creatures made of what looks like jello.
Copepods. You can really see what they have been eating. It is the green line running through its body.
We saw one of these yesterday. It is called thecosomate pteropods, or winged foot. Here you can see the foot extended. It really does look like a wing.
This is the larvae of a krill.
Question of the Day:
How would you like to live on a ship? Write me and let me know what your thoughts are.
Answers to Your Questions:
The water temperature yesterday was 41.18 degrees Fahrenheit. The air temperature was 42.8.
Hello to Ben and family in California. Great to hear from you. Thanks for your kind words. I'm glad you are enjoying the blog.
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Hi mr.T how are you, your trip has tought me so much.One thing that really interested me was the plankton. I learnd there are two types of plankton,Animal and plant. have a safe ride home,
Mike
Mike
Dear,Mr.T
Hi Mr.T how are you? I learned about one type of plankton phyoto plankton .One thing I learned about phyoto is that they actually haveone eye. If I could go anywhere in the world I would go back to Ireland.
sincerly,Conor
Hi Mr.T how are you? I learned about one type of plankton phyoto plankton .One thing I learned about phyoto is that they actually haveone eye. If I could go anywhere in the world I would go back to Ireland.
sincerly,Conor
Hello Mr T,
How are you doing well you were gone when you bloged use I learned that pollock is the most commercially fished fish. Has this affected its population permanently? We can't wait to hear about your trip. I would like to go to jamacia beacuse it looks peaceful.
How are you doing well you were gone when you bloged use I learned that pollock is the most commercially fished fish. Has this affected its population permanently? We can't wait to hear about your trip. I would like to go to jamacia beacuse it looks peaceful.
We are laerning about zooplankton and plantplakten now I know everyone ate plankton. We were happy to hear about Excalibur. Have you gotten back any information from the buoy? I hope you have a graet trip back
Dear Mr. T . i hope you have a good trip home. I love that you got involved with the evinvormint!
i learned alot from this trip you went on. I learned alot of plankton.i learned there are lots of types of plankon like zoo plankton. i would i love to go to alaska.
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i learned alot from this trip you went on. I learned alot of plankton.i learned there are lots of types of plankon like zoo plankton. i would i love to go to alaska.
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