Posts by David Levin

John San Soucie is a PhD student in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)—Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Joint Program…

With bad weather approaching, we are suspending science operations and hunkering down.

Members of the science team and the ship’s crew huddle around buckets and trays in the wet lab. They’ve gathered…

Standing on the aft deck of the Sarmiento de Gamboa, Michelle Cusolito chats with Laetitia Drago about how they packed…

It’s obvious we’ve traveled north because the sun rises earlier now than it did in Spain. By 7am, the main…

Before the ship arrives at its destination in the North Atlantic, the ship’s crew and science team need to make…

Helena is a graduate student in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington. A former…

For many of us Americans on board the Sarmiento de Gamboa, this expedition marks our first experience working on a…

Conducting research at sea always requires extensive advance planning. Researchers essentially take their labs from buildings on land and set…

As we finish unpacking and organizing our gear, it’s hard to believe we boarded the Sarmiento de Gamboa just three…