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Just after 07:00 this morning we began recovery of the PAP 1 sensor array. This includes a Met Office ODAS (Ocean Data Acquisition System) buoy.ODAS measures air pressure, air and sea temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, wave height and period and was coupled to a mooring wire fitted…
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This morning the technical team used an acoustic release system to free the sediment traps that were deployed at the PAP site from the research vessel Celtic Explorer in September 2010. Principal Scientist Henry Ruhl and Marine Technician Corinne Pebody watched from the bridge until the PAP 3 buoys…
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On Monday most folks in the science party started research activity when we reached Goban Spur where we collected water and sediment samples. The sampling tubes on the megacorer fill with sediment as the instrument lands on the sea bed.On Monday we experienced a challenge when recovery of the corer…
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On 26 July, 160 Ocean and Earth Science graduates received their degrees from the University of Southampton. Graduation is the highlight of the academic year and a tribute to the hard work of students during their time at Southampton. It is also a time for students to express their thanks to…
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This morning, as we headed for Goban Spur, we were accompanied by a pod of common dolphin. Keeping pace easily with the ship, they jumped and flew through the choppy surface waters.Once on station, the crew set to work deploying the conductivity, temperature and depth (CTD) sensor array on a metal…
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Last night the team ensured that kit was secured and ready for the science programme. Sea water bottles were lashed together, boxes stowed carefully and equipment attached to work-benches... knowledge of DIY is handy when you work at sea!This morning we departed Falmouth at 09:00 hrs, sailing…
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On Sunday 24 July the Royal Research Ship James Cook will head out from Falmouth into the deep Northeast Atlantic on a research expedition to the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP).The PAP site is the longest running deep-ocean time-series observatory in Europe, and is an important component of the…
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At the 17th Session of the UN International Seabed Authority (ISA; 12–22 July 2011) in Kingston, Jamaica, Dr David Billett of the National Oceanography Centre was elected as Chairman of the Legal and Technical Commission (LTC). The International Seabed Authority regulates the exploitation of…
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Professor Ed Hill , Executive Director of the National Oceanography Centre, receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Sheffield today. Professor Hill is a physical oceanographer and an applied mathematics graduate of the University. He graduated from Sheffield in 1981 and completed…
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NOC came close to winning the aap3 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) category of the prestigious South Coast Business Awards earlier this month. On Friday 15 July staff attended a prestigious award ceremony at the De Vere Grand Harbour Hotel, Southampton, to see how the bid, put together by…
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Undiscovered ‘alien’ life forms that thrive without sunlight in temperatures approaching boiling point may soon come to light thanks to a ground-breaking marine research mission aboard the Irish research vessel RV Celtic Explorer.In collaboration with scientists from the UK’s National Oceanography…
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This last blog entry is by Toby Tyrrell and Eric Achterberg. Today is the end of the cruise for most of us, and a welcome chance to relax a little, catch up on sleep and then start writing the cruise report and packing the equipment.The cruise has gone very well, with all of our planned work…