Adventures of a Seabuck

Sea Log: 2024-03-18

LAND HO!!!! Seabuck is a landbuck once again. It is wonderful to be back on solid ground,¹ to sleep in a quiet room,² and to get more variety/choice in my snack and meal…

Sea Log: 2024-03-17

The science is done,¹ the cleaning has begun! You’d think that a mere 16 nets wouldn’t be too bad, but when some of the nets are 20+ feet long, and you have to rinse, then…

Sea Log: 2024-03-13

A very stormy day. But storms are a bit deceiving out here because it’ll look stunningly beautiful, but it’ll be hella, hella windy. With big waves and choppy seas.

Sea Log: 2024-03-12

The sunset tonight. WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW I have no other words. Easily the best sunset of the cruise thus far. It truly looked like it was going to be a very meh, lackluster…

Sea Log: 2024-03-11

It’s port call day! Well, sort of. We¹ aren’t going all the way into port, rather we are getting close and then hovering in the water while a small boat comes out to swap…

Sea Log: 2024-03-10

Leroy returned!!!¹ Truly, what a feat to collect not one, but TWO bby octopuses out at sea! This time he showed up in our Bongo net on Saturday night and we were all quite…

Sea Log: 2024-03-08

Not much to report from sea today. The swells and wind died down, so science was back on!¹ Bongo tonight was less gooey,² sunset was solid, and I read for a good chunk of…

Sea Log: 2024-03-07

Choppy, windy, swelly day so most of the science stuff got cancelled (not safe to put instruments into the water, especially off the stern). Spent a good portion of the…

Sea Log: 2024-03-06

Pretty sure I spent more time in bed than out of bed today. I slept in (till nearly 1400) then did all my things¹ and then after DPI was recovered I figured I could do the…

Sea Log: 2024-03-05

Land ho! Our long transit from yesterday is over and we’re back closer to shore for this next cycle.¹ Being closer to shore, the ocean is ALIVE AND ABUNDANT AGAIN. Like…

Sea Log: 2024-03-04

Today we were in transit allll day long. Roughly a 20 hour transit as we come back closer to shore for our fourth station.¹ I spent the day reading,² journaling, catching up…

Sea Log: 2024-03-03

Last night, I participated in an essential seafaring activity: decorating styrofoam cups to be sent down in the ocean and shrunk due to the pressure.¹ Many a cup were…

Sea Log: 2024-03-02

Hello all. Some long night shifts were catching up with me and I simply fell asleep before I could properly get these logs posted. So we’ve got some assorted things to catch…

Sea Log: 2024-02-29

Currently waiting to pull the DPI back on deck (once it finishes its undulations and picture-taking of assorted plankton/zooplankton/whatever else floats past its cameras)…

Sea Log: 2024-02-28

I decided we needed some spice for this log,¹ thus I have done two things to add zest:

Sea Log: 2024-02-27

When you’re not a grad student, just a mere volunteer, out at sea, you tend to have a fair amount of free time.¹ Today I spent my free time reading, catching up with my…

Sea Log: 2024-02-26

This is a joint post from yesterday and today. Because honestly not tons has happened out of the ordinary;¹ just vibes, nets, snacks, looking at the sea and/or sky, and…

Sea Log: 2024-02-24

Processing the deep MOCNESS took a while so that meant I went to bed at about 0500. And completely forgot that we have weekly drills aboard ship so that was a pleasant…

Sea Log: 2024-02-23

I’m sure you were wondering–are they going to have ANOTHER chill day on that ship out there?! Well fret not, we’re back on nets at night. Three tonight, in fact! A salp…

Sea Log: 2024-02-22

Today was also a very excellent chill day,¹ mostly spent looking at cool things above, below, and around me.² Cool things include: sunrise, whales,³ sunset, rocket launch⁴…

Sea Log: 2024-02-21

Today was chillest of chill, with excellent sea vibes. The swells woke me up so I knew we were either in a storm or cruising. Got above decks and turns out we were in transit¹…

Sea Log: 2024-02-20

We’ve hit the point in this journey that the wacky sleep schedules (and/or lack of sleep for some people¹) mean filters are lowered and giggles have gone up. Not all the…

Sea Log: 2024-02-19

Hello again. I missed a day due to several factors: namely because I’m on night shift for nets¹, feeling ill², and there are tons of other things to look at³ and/or do.⁴

Sea Log: 2024-02-17

Woke up suddenly at 0444¹. Alarm set for 0500 so this was convenient, I guess. Didn’t want to miss our departure from the dock (scheduled for 0600, due to the tides²), and…

Land Log: 2024-02-16

I’ve moved aboard Revelle, so today is kinda a land log, kinda a sea log. (The boat is still physically tied to the pier so I’m calling this a land log officially).

Land Log: 2024-02-15

The journey has officially begun–today’s log is written from the sky as I fly from Boston to San Diego. My lovely parents will pick me up from the airport, likely with my…

Land Log: 2024-02-13

Last day at work today (until the end of March)–a wild feeling to say the least! Projects kept me busy up until the very end, and I’m very grateful to my coworkers who are…