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By Josh Gunter - Ship Survey Technician Team

A CTD Frenzy

It has been done. After a very long week, the scientists of GOSHIP P 18 have just finished a grueling set of CTD stations that would make any persons head turn. The miraculous and the remarkable feat that has just been accomplished is truly a sight to behold. Station after station water samples were taken from different depths and different elements such as oxygen were measured all in an effort to better understand our World’s oceans. Even though leg 1 of P18 is not yet complete it is great to see the work the scientists have accomplished so far. When asked what he thought of the work being done the Senior Survey Technician just simply said “Wow”. The entire crew of the Ronald H Brown look forward to what is next and everyone hopes that the rest of leg 1 and all of leg 2 will be just as successful and fulfilling for science.

Annie Bourbonnais (forward), Fen Huang (middle), and
Alexandra (back) collect various water samples from the rosette.

Dock Afloat

The first stop for the Ronald H brown is Easter Island, Chile. This is a great island except for one small little problem there is no port or dock. Since this is the case the ship counts on a water taxi to take people to and from the island. How do you get a boat big enough for 9 up to a ship like the  Brown? The answer is easy you build a floating dock for people to load and unload from. Well Chief Bosun Bruce and the deck department have done that.

You can anticipate that this may be a floating dock in the next week or so.

Just Keep Swimming

Well times have changed and it seems that we have entered the Twilight Zone or something. Is that a pool in December? We have crossed south of the equator which means that we are now back into summer time once again. Acting Bosun Group Leader Mike Lastinger has graciously supplied us with a little back deck entertainment in the form of a swimming pool. Be careful though the deep end can be a bit tricky. When asked about having the opportunity to swim in a swimming pool while on-board most were pretty excited for the chance to bask in the sun while sitting back slurping a nice fresh cold soda. It is a chance to cool off after a long hot day in the South Pacific. This pool even comes with an assortment of pool toys for everyone's entertainment pleasure. There is one downside to this pool and that is there is no tiki bar to go with it. 

Everyone seems to enjoy the pool very much including Lobster Horse who was the first one to take a dip in the cool refreshing oasis of the deck. The Ronald H Brown is a ship that is constantly looking for was to improve morale and welfare on the ship and this is just one of the many things that is done that helps boost peoples moods and ability to do a great and outstanding job. Kudos for Mike Lastinger for making this happen for the scientist and crew. The man really knows how party.

Our aft deck oasis.