Date 30/01/2011 Time : 1800 hrs (UTC)
Position: 50 deg 05 N 16 deg 11 W , Speed 12 Knots
1440 miles to go to St Johns
Activities onboard today
Every one has settled into their watches and the Oceanographic team of Sheena Fennell and Aodhan Fitzgerald have completed 10 XBT/CTD deployments at this stage, the systems are giving very good data to 1830 metres water depth , the water depth where we are now over the abyssal plain is 4650 metres! The vessels ADCP is up and running and collecting good current data.
Sunset - by Conor Ryan
The bird numbers have decreased a lot as we make our way out into the Atlantic , Emily Wilson the bird researcher is maintaining a 10 hour watch from dawn to sunset but bird sightings are few but none the less the list of species sighted today includes Kittiwakes, northern Fulmars and a puffin.
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| Striped Dolphins by Conor Ryan |
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| Lowlands Queen - by Conor Ryan |
The Fisheries team from Marine Institute Newfoundland
The ship's crew are also keeping quite busy assisting with the XBT deployments with the engineering staff organising the installation of numerous photographs of Marine Institute (Ireland) vessel activities in the vessel passageways as well as their day to day work and the bridge officers are busy assessing the pretty grim weather forecasts for the days ahead in the hope of navigating through as safely as possible .
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| Crows Nest View by Conor Ryan |
The ship's crew are also keeping quite busy assisting with the XBT deployments with the engineering staff organising the installation of numerous photographs of Marine Institute (Ireland) vessel activities in the vessel passageways as well as their day to day work and the bridge officers are busy assessing the pretty grim weather forecasts for the days ahead in the hope of navigating through as safely as possible .
The amateur navigator Aodhan Fitzgerald is also managing to brush up his celestial navigation with assistance from the ships officers!
Aodhan Fitzgerald - Marine Institute
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