Following her arrival in St. John's Newfoundland and a welcome reception, the RV Celtic Explorer begins her mission on the Newfoundland & Labrador Fishery Survey.
Scientists from Newfoundland take up the blog . . .
Date 11/02/2011 Time: 1831 hrs (UTC)
Position: 49 deg 49.6 N 52 deg 55.7 W, Speed 5 Knots
Wind 36 Knots W
Forget the lovely bacon-wrapped scallops and jerk chicken strips served at the Portabello’s reception in St. John’s, never mind our romantic departure through the Narrows; what sticks for us so far is the wind-whipped snow-drift’d first night in Trinity Bay preparing to test the survey trawl. Even the long seasoned Irish fishermen took snaps of the frozen trawl and sideways blowing snow. Those of us underdressed that night met a piercing cold which ushered us back into the protection of the Dry Lab or to our bunks to sleep off the first night at sea. The hardiest that night were the fishermen in their winter-ready coveralls, and gear technician Harold DeLouche from Newfoundland & Labrador’s Marine Institute.
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| Delouche looking over the trawl and frozen deck during a brief lull. Photo by Ed Stern |
We woke the next morning to a spectacular crisp winter day anchored in Bull Arm, Trinity Bay
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| Dr. Rose looking after the reference sphere deployment. Photo By Liv Goodbrand |
Hauling anchor that evening we steamed back into Trinity Bay
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| Celtic Explorer in Smith Sound, photo by Tom Clenche |
Late yesterday we let off DeLouche and Susan Fudge in Random Sound’s Southwest Arm in Trinity Bay Trinity Bay behind for the North Atlantic .
At present we are 10 miles Northeast of Funk Island , heading Northwest by North. Cecil Bannister, a Newfoundland
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| PhD. Student Kate Barley and MSc. Students Kyle Krumsick and Genevieve D’Avignon tying tummy tags in preparation for sampling. Photo by Ed Stern |
Ed Stern
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