Blogs from the SSV Corwith Cramer
Whales in Every Direction
Whales in Every Direction It started in the morning and continued into the late afternoon, sightings of whales in every direction and they put on a show with tail slapping, breaching, and a close visit right off the stern. While there were no right whale sightings, the diversity of marine life was abundant with minke whales, finback [...]
Finding Whales by Following their Food
Finding Whales by Following their Food Tuesday May 2, 2023, Buzzards Bay The first presentation of the second leg of the SEA Sailing Symposium on North Atlantic Right Whales came as the SSV Corwith Cramer sailed out of Long Island Sound and began working around Block Island toward the Cape Cod Canal. Dr. Erin Meyer-Gutbrod, from the [...]
To Woods Hole We Go
To Woods Hole We Go On Sunday evening, the SSV Corwith Cramer welcomed participants and invited experts including a member from Cramer's design team, Roger Long, onboard. For the second leg of the SEA Sailing Symposium on North Atlantic Right Whales, Erin Meyer-Gutbrod, University of South Carolina; Sara Tennant, NOAA NEFSC & SEA Class C-294; and Allison [...]
Massachusetts Celebrates its First Right Whale Day
Massachusetts Celebrates its First Right Whale Day April 24, 2023 Kayla Sheehan It was a busy morning on the Cramer, as the crew and participants deployed our first neuston tow of the voyage. Typically, SEA deploys the neuston net for 20 minutes twice a day; however, today's tow [...]
Discussing the Sights and Sounds of North Atlantic Right Whales
Discussing the Sights and Sounds of North Atlantic Right Whales April 25, 2023 Dr. Craig Marin, Associate Professor of Marine Environmental History The SEA Sailing Symposium continued with another set of presentations as the crew of the SSV Corwith Cramer worked the vessel north of Cape Hatteras, hitching a [...]
Final Moments in Warm Waters and Final Set of Presentations
Final Moments in Warm Waters and Final Set of Presentations April 26, 2023 Kayla Sheehan We have left the warmer waters of the Gulf Stream behind, and along with it the bumpier ride and gusts of warmer air. Conditions were great for a neuston tow and deployment of [...]
Blogs from the SSV Robert C. Seamans
Tour of the Seamans!
June 1, 2023 Samantha Roberts, Fordham University Ship's Log Location Moku Ola, Hilo and Honolulu, Oahu Weather Humid and scattered rain throughout the day All blogs from S-309 Phew, What a day! Beginning with an early(ish) breakfast at 7:30am, and then a short drive to the [...]
Future Scientists Take on Their First Day of Research!
May 31, 2023 Makenna Keyek, University of New Hampshire Ship's Log Location Oahu, Hawaii Weather Sunny and hot with scattered sun showers All blogs from S-309 The day started out bright and early today with a 6:30 am breakfast time. Students and staff ate their breakfast [...]
Environmental Conservation and Lobster Suit Trendsetters
May 30, 2023 Maya Hart, Wellesley College Ship's Log Location Oahu, Hawaii Weather Hot and partly cloudy, some showers All blogs from S-309 The first thing in our action packed day was Nautical Science class! We learned how and when to execute emergency protocols while on [...]
Our First Reef Survey (kind of)
May 29, 2023 Siobhan Morris, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Ship's Log Location Honolulu, Oahu Weather Very hot and sunny with slight scattered clouds All blogs from S-309 This morning we shared a delicious breakfast outside by the waterfront where we saw a rainbow [...]
Free Day!
May 28, 2023 Mikey Widman, University of Maine Ship's Log Location Kaiona Beach Park Weather Mostly sunny with some scattered showers All blogs from S-309 Hey Everyone, I’m Mikey! I just finished my first year at the University of Maine and I am originally from Minnesota. [...]
Giving Back and Receiving More
May 27, 2023 Stella Jaunich, CU Boulder Ship's Log Location Honolulu, Oahu Weather Warm and sunny with the occasional breeze All blogs from S-309 Today was unlike anything we had done so far! We woke up earlier than usual, had a quick breakfast and were [...]
Blogs from the SEA Campus
Good times at SEA
Solange Gerdeman We woke a half an hour earlier than normal—7:30 instead of 8—to prepare for our field trip to the Woods Hole Oceanagraphic Institute Marine Biological Laboratory. We were to meet with Molly, a marine engineer at the Institute. Our breakfast was the same as usual: a smorsgasbord of breakfast foods [...]
How We Acquired 15 Gallons of Popcorn (and Whale Watching)
Christoph Kershaw - Bedford High School & Melissa Giacobbe - Metea Valley High School Unfortunately, today we were woken up at 6:00, but by the end of the day our SEA group had acquired 15 gallons of popcorn, some insane whale experiences, and a first hand look at a [...]
A Day in the Life
Graham McCarthy and Isa Roth Today's wakeup time was 8:00 and after breakfast we started our day with watch meetings. After meeting with our watches and doing our respective chores everyone gathered in Madden for oceanography. In oceanography we did a mock convention creating posters and writing articles supporting [...]
Heat Wave Subsiding!
Leif Thesen and Calvin Chiu Today we woke up at our normal time, 8 am and had a wide variety of things for breakfast. It was the first cool night on campus, so everyone was well rested. After our watch meetings, we set off to our first class [...]
New Bedford Whaling Museum Day Out
By Harper Greenfield Oakwood Secondary School and Jimmy Shen Culver Academy Today we had an early start to our day with a quick breakfast at the picnic tables. A bus promptly pulled up to campus, and we were taken down to the museum. The ride was around forty-five [...]
An Informative Day on Campus
Anika Mootha – Greenhill School & Caroline Mostofizadeh- Palo Alto High School Today we started the day off with Karen’s oceanography class where we covered chemical oceanography and participated in the Carbon Molecule Activity. During this activity, we took on the role of a carbon atom as it cycled through the [...]