Cruise
Log: Saturday, March 20, 2004
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| View
from the docks while loading equipment for the SAGE cruise 2
days before departure (Photo by Peter Minnett). |
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Contributor: Brian
Ward
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
We left Wellington at 14:00 and are currently sailing toward the experimental
site centered at approximately 48°S, 173°E. The weather couldn't
be better. There is still much work to be done to prepare everything for
the experiment, so there is still much activity on board. As the skipper
surveyed the back of the ship with all the tanks, scaffolding, and equipment,
he made the comment that it was akin to sailing a building site.
Photo right: View
of the aft deck from outside the bridge before tanks or containers are loaded.
Much of the research work on the R/V Tangaroa is fisheries related, and
the ship is designed primarily for this type of activity (Photo by Peter
Minnett). Next
Day >>
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| View
of the aft deck from the bridge after equipment has been loaded.
The fertilization and tracer tanks can be seen behind the workboat
(Photo by Peter Minnett). |
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| Sailing
out of Wellington Port on a sunny afternoon with a good breeze
(Photo by Peter Minnett). |
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| Sunset
on the first evening of the voyage while passing along the eastern
New Zealand coast (Photo by Craig Stevens). |
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