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ROV cruise
I didn't want to jinx it before it was official, but now that it has been announced, here it goes:
I'm going to be gone for 8 days on an off-shore research vessel cruise. That stuff you see on the Discovery Channel with the deep-sea ocean dives with automated camera units that scope the ocean floor videotaping stuff? Yeah, that's what I'm up to. We're going to examine tilefish habitats in the Hudson Canyon, comparing commercially trawled regions with undisturbed regions. At least that's what I remember. I was too giddy.
I'm so excited at this opportunity of a lifetime. It is a rare chance to experience an aspect of marine biology that I would most likely never get to live. It is like how you can work for NASA your entire career and never get sent up into space. I am getting sent to space.
The only reason I'm allowed to go is because this bigshot important guy cancelled at the last minute so my grad advisor nominated me to take his spot. After some technical problems and logistic issues, everything was resolved and I got the green light. We leave in two days. Did I mention? It's a large 120-foot boat with a whole crew and cook and more, with lots of oceanographers and all-- and I'm the only female. (Yes, older, white, males... you know the drill). It makes me feel... accomplished. Also because having females on board aren't an everyday issue, there is no separate sleeping berth for me. I'm bunking in the same room with the boys. I hope I don't snore.
I'm going to be gone for 8 days on an off-shore research vessel cruise. That stuff you see on the Discovery Channel with the deep-sea ocean dives with automated camera units that scope the ocean floor videotaping stuff? Yeah, that's what I'm up to. We're going to examine tilefish habitats in the Hudson Canyon, comparing commercially trawled regions with undisturbed regions. At least that's what I remember. I was too giddy.
I'm so excited at this opportunity of a lifetime. It is a rare chance to experience an aspect of marine biology that I would most likely never get to live. It is like how you can work for NASA your entire career and never get sent up into space. I am getting sent to space.
The only reason I'm allowed to go is because this bigshot important guy cancelled at the last minute so my grad advisor nominated me to take his spot. After some technical problems and logistic issues, everything was resolved and I got the green light. We leave in two days. Did I mention? It's a large 120-foot boat with a whole crew and cook and more, with lots of oceanographers and all-- and I'm the only female. (Yes, older, white, males... you know the drill). It makes me feel... accomplished. Also because having females on board aren't an everyday issue, there is no separate sleeping berth for me. I'm bunking in the same room with the boys. I hope I don't snore.
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How do you do the reasearch? Will you actually get to dive and stuff? Have you ever done that before?
It sounds totally amazing. I like your space analogy.
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Who's jealous? *points to self*
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I'd cabbage patch, but no one wants to see that.
:-D
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ooo
u make me effing want to puke.
hope you are happy.
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I did get to go out in April and help look for squid egg beds at Catalina Island, and considered myself lucky just to get to hold the ROV tether. (muses - darn, I started a post about that - I should finish it sometime, shouldn't I?)
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(Anonymous) 2004-07-16 07:38 pm (UTC)(link):: Mona (http://www.macaby.com) ::