December 14 – Ship Tour!

We’re on our way to our final station before returning to Palmer now so I thought it would be a good time to give a long overdue tour of the Gould!

We’ll start from the top and work our way down. At the very pinnacle of the ship is the bridge where dwell our charming navigators and the captain. Descending the stairs one will first find themselves on the second floor, made up entirely of bedrooms. On the first floor can be found more bedrooms and offices, including those of our chief scientist, Joe Warren, and our Marine Projects Coordinator, Herb Baker. Both offices have dry erase boards outside where announcements and general information are posted.

The white board outside Joe's office.

The lounge is also on the first floor. There you will find the most comfortable pieces of furniture on the ship, a big screen TV, a large collection of movies, and  Rock Band setup.

Welcome to the lounge.

The next floor down, I’m not sure of the technical name of so I’ll just call it the ground floor. Here you’ll find the galley, always stocked with plenty of food…

The galley.

…as well as the laundry room, office supply room (the China Closet), and down the hall you’ll find the baltic room, home of the CTD, the E lab, the dry lab, and the wet lab where we do most of our work.

The E lab, home of the Electronic Techs Mike and Tony.

The wet lab, home of the Joettes.

From the baltic room or the wet lab you can exit onto the back deck where you’ll find the zodiacs and the MT shop, home to our three marine techs Mark, Chance, and Meriedi. The next door down from the shop is the aquarium room where we keep our live animals caught in the net tows. The back can be a scary place to be in bad weather and rough seas. Large waves crash over the side and could easily drag a person overboard, so always wear a float coat when you’re out there!

The back deck in not so great weather.

- Melissa