October 2003 S M T W T F S       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31    September 2003 S M T W T F S   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30         Daily Update Dispatch 01 - September 10, 2003 Three Seasons in One Day The science party has assembled in Barrow, Alaska, 340 miles north of the Arctic Circle. More Dispatch 02 - September 11, 2003 Mass Transit Healy's talented aviation detachment successfully transferred 25 people and 12,000 pounds of cargo to the waiting icebreaker today. More Dispatch 03 - September 12, 2003 Send in the Cavalry The first mooring was recovered today in Barrow Canyon, while the rest of the science crew continued to explore the ship and prepare their instruments. More Dispatch 04 - September 13, 2003 Deja Vu A minor setback during the first CTD cast reminded science party members of a similar event that happened last year. More Dispatch 05 - September 14, 2003 First Impressions Today the science party shared some thoughts about the Healy, our floating lab and home. More Dispatch 06 - September 15, 2003 Catch of the Day We met the ice edge, watched polar bears, and completed a difficult mooring recovery all in one day. More Dispatch 07 - September 16, 2003 Iceblink CTD operations continued through the day as we passed through fields of broken bits of pack ice. More Dispatch 08 - September 17, 2003 Farthest North Today was a great success for the mooring group - one retrieval and two redeployments with no hitches. More Dispatch 09 - September 18, 2003 24/7 We have left the pack ice behind as we continue CTD sampling southward across the Chukchi Sea. More Dispatch 10 - September 19, 2003 Arrrrrrr! Ahoy me hearty! Shiver me timbers, today was International Talk Like a Pirate Day, and what better way to celebrate than to be on a ship on the wide open sea. More Dispatch 11 - September 20, 2003 Sea Canaries Last night Lisa Munger recorded sounds from beluga whales and we were treated to a brief glimpse of the northern lights. More Dispatch 12 - September 21, 2003 International Relations A short-eared owl visited us as we completed two mooring recoveries, one as a favor for Chinese oceanographers. More Dispatch 13 - September 22, 2003 Moving Day The fantail was a blur of activity today as the WHOI mooring technicians brought their instruments out of the cargo hold. More Dispatch 14 - September 23, 2003 Lights and Lobsters A fantastic display of the northern lights and a test net tow were today's highlights. More Dispatch 15 - September 24, 2003 1,427 Meters of Wire The WHOI mooring team recovered the two deepest moorings, their instruments brimming with data. More Dispatch 16 - September 25, 2003 Mooring Marathon The mooring marathon continued as the WHOI team recovered four more moorings. More Dispatch 17 - September 26, 2003 Weather Day Our science plans were unexpectedly put on hold due to high winds and seas. More Dispatch 18 - September 27, 2003 Clean Sweep We recovered the remaining two WHOI moorings and the Acoustic Recording Package today. More Dispatch 19 - September 28, 2003 Cruising in the Clouds We passed in and out of thick fog banks sampling with the CTD today. More Dispatch 20 - September 29, 2003 Edge of the Arctic Shelf Today we continued our CTD, ADCP, and Seabeam sampling of the Beaufort shelfbreak. More Dispatch 21 - September 30, 2003 An Unexpected Visitor A playful young walrus escorted us on our CTD survey. More Dispatch 22 - October 1, 2003 Mother Nature A fierce arctic gale kept us from deploying the moorings today. More Dispatch 23 - October 2, 2003 Two Down... Calm seas allowed us to deploy the two deepest WHOI moorings and an Acoustic Recording Package. More Dispatch 24 - October 3, 2003 Anchors Away! Our mooring deployments continued without a hitch - two more WHOI moorings and another ARP in the water. More Dispatch 25 - October 4, 2003 High Rollers Crew and science party blew off some steam (and fake $$) at casino night! More Dispatch 26 - October 5, 2003 Mission Accomplished With the deployment of the last three WHOI moorings, we can say "mission accomplished!" More Dispatch 27 - October 6, 2003 Nick of Time All science was on hold today as we weathered another strong arctic storm. More Dispatch 28 - October 7, 2003 Back to Work After 42 hours of riding out the storm, we have resumed our CTD and VPR section across the Beaufort shelfbreak. More Dispatch 29 - October 8, 2003 All about Bugs We continued to collect CTD and VPR data today. Carin Ashjian describes the Video Plankton Recorder and answers questions about arctic bugs. More Dispatch 30 - October 9, 2003 Thoughts of Home We finished a CTD section on one of the calmest days of the cruise. Science party members shared thoughts of what they miss from home. More Dispatch 31 - October 10, 2003 Dawn Patrol John, Carin, Marshall, and Ryan flew off to Barrow this morning. A curious swimming polar bear also paid us a visit. More Dispatch 32 - October 11, 2003 Pizza pizza A damaged CTD connection interrupted our science, but we had a fun afternoon making pizzas for dinner. More Dispatch 33 - October 12, 2003 Slow News Sunday We continued our steady progress northward today, CTD casting all the way. More Dispatch 34 - October 13, 2003 Fruits of our Labor Lively discussions have sprung up in the main lab as we begin to examine the data we have collected on the cruise. More Dispatch 35 - October 14, 2003 Eddy Hunting We have turned east, chasing after some eddies along the shelf edge. More Dispatch 36 - October 15, 2003 Countdown After a successful eddy hunt, our thoughts have turned to the long journey home. More Dispatch 37 - October 16, 2003 Three Hundred and Twenty One We're done! With 321 CTD casts logged, we have happily turned south for Nome. More Dispatch 38 - October 17, 2003 Nome-ward Bound While some of the science party finished their data analysis, the rest of us packed and cleaned. More Dispatch 39 - October 18-19, 2003 Home at Last After four flights and many hours, I write this dispatch from dry land. Thank you to everyone who supported us during the cruise! More