
Walrus, recorded using a hydrophone by BEST-BSIERP scientist Sue Moore. LISTEN
Data and Imagery from AOOS
As the cold seas warm,
scientists plunge in to find
where the fishes go.
Nora Deans
BEST-BSIERP Outreach Manager
Ship's Log: May 6
Return to Dutch Harbor
By Carin Ashjian, Chief Scientist for 2nd Healy Cruise, March 29-May 6
We docked in Dutch Harbor this morning. It is hard to believe that the cruise is over! But then, I just need to go back and see the labs, all clean with no equipment on the counters and no instruments humming or beeping, and I know that it is true. It has been a very successful cruise. We accomplished many of our planned objectives and sampled at many (184) different locations.
Some of the scientists have already departed, packing up their bags and cleaning their rooms before they left. The rest of us hang around, waiting for our turn to depart Healy.
It is going to be strange to return to the "real" world where we are barraged with news and facts and where our attention is diverted from doing science to the many other activities of our lives, some enjoyable and some just busy.
Soon I will board the plane for Anchorage and leave the Bering Sea behind ... until next year.
See the other log entries from the second Healy cruise
From 2007-2012, we will look at the Bering Sea ecosystem from atmospheric forcing and physical oceanography through humans and communities.
We will also study the social and economic impacts of a changing marine ecosystem. Innovative ecosystem modeling, sound data management and exciting education and outreach activites will ti the program together.