Hello! Kaylyn here,
writing from the R/V Oceanus. We are currently in the search for
Pacific Hake and Humboldt Squid (but more on that later). I wanted to
fill everyone in on the hectic start to our cruise so far.
The Bad News:
On the morning of our
first day in Oregon, Joe received a call that all of our cruise gear
was lost due to a large train derailment in Montana. We had spent a
week painstakingly packing everything we needed for our cruise, and
now we find out three days before the start of the cruise that we now
have no gear!
“R.I.P.
Cruise Gear :(”
We were devastated, but
we were not defeated! Over the next two days we ran around and tried
to replace all of the necessary gear we need to carry out our
experiments on the cruise. We needed everything from pencils and foul
weather gear to titration equipment and aquarium pumps. We were able
to acquire some of the more specific scientific gear from the other
scientists on the cruise, but everything else we needed to buy. This
consisted of going to two Walmarts, three Drug Stores, a Staples, a
Marine Supply Shop, and a Home Depot. Surprisingly, we were able to
acquire the essential gear we needed for the cruise. No train
derailment can stop the ALES team!
“Stephanie
and I trying on our foul weather gear in the middle of Walmart”
The Good News:
After we had shipped
our gear a couple of weeks ago, I had realized that I had forgotten
to pack our mascot Wolfie! I didn't want to leave him behind, so I
packed him in my suitcase. Thank goodness because he would have been
lost with the rest of our gear! He is now happily sitting in the dry
lab!
“Wolfie
just chillin' with the graduated cylinders. “
-Kaylyn
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