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Food posted by Ben on 16 Jan 2005 |
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Being on a ship can get to you after a while. Days get longer and work seems harder, but one thing continues to cheer you up, the food. Jim, Sean, and Donnie, the cooks onboard, keep the morale up by cooking some of the best food I have ever eaten. It’s now two weeks into the trip, and we haven’t eaten the same thing twice. Breakfast includes fresh fruit, eggs, sausage, and pancakes; practically anything you would have in a waffle house. |
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Working on Kilo Moana posted by Ben on 11 Jan 2005 |
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The crew working on the Kilo Moana is an eclectic group of individuals whose different knowledge allow for very smooth ship and science operation. Bruce Applegate, a research scientist with University of Hawaii is one of the three STAG technicians we are extremely thankful to have on board. Ultimately, he is responsible for keeping the multibeam data streaming and accurate... |
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View from space of ocean floor around New Zealand.
The turquoise area is a narrow strip of shallow (<2000 m) ocean also known as the continental margin. |
Although viewed by most as remote, removed, and perilous, the oceans are home to a world of deep beauty and are a great source of food and other natural resources (e.g., oil). In addition, they are a fascinating place to recreate and explore. Exploration and examination of the oceans is critical to finding new resources and learning about Earth history (and possibly the future). Furthermore, the oceans, which cover over two-thirds of the planet’s surface, are a processing factory for materials draining from land. |
| Ocean study is needed to understand how activities and events on land are processed and recorded in the sea, and this is the primary focus of our research in New Zealand. This research is funded by the Source to Sink - MARGINS program of the National Science Foundation.
Why the Waipaoa River in New Zealand?
Unlike the eastern coast of the United States (e.g., North Carolina) which has a broad coastal plain, many coastlines around the world have rugged mountains immediately next to the sea and lack bodies of water (e.g. Pamlico Sound) between rivers and the ocean. The northeast coast of New Zealand, where the Waipaoa River enters the sea, is one example. In these settings, materials from land can be rapidly transported to the ocean, and as a result sediments and dissolved material may quickly accumulate on the ocean floor and affect ocean ecosystems after river flooding. Also, the Waipaoa River discharges an incredible amount of sediment for a river its size. This is because of high rainfall in the area and its easily eroded landscape, which is made of sedimentary rocks. In fact, the Waipaoa River is more than 10 times smaller than the Potomac River but discharges 100 times more sediment!
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