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  • Thu, 31 Jul 2008 5:21 PM PDT
    Back to the Volcanic Axis of the Juan de Fuca Ridge

    Sentry Goes to the Bottom
    After a day of transiting from Newport and navigat...

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  • Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:58 PM PDT
    Part 1: Working at a Submarine Volcano

    We left Newport, Oregon at about 1500h on July 29.  The calculated transit time to Axial Seam...

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  • Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:57 PM PDT
    Part 2: If Science were Music....

    Continued from July 30, Daily Log, Part 1: Working at a Submarine Volcano

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  • Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:40 AM PDT
    A Low Key Day

    Transponders – Beacons of the Deep Sea

    The 2...

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  • Mon, 28 Jul 2008 5:26 PM PDT
    Dawn of an Era

    SENTRY’s Third Dive

    The morning of the 28th ...

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  • Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:45 PM PDT
    Ships Never Sleep

    Ships at sea never sleep. Research expeditions on the academic fleet of large research vessels in ...

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  • Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:38 PM PDT
    On Hydrate Ridge

    The day began with the tolling of midnight, and while most of the ship slept we remapped Hydrate R...

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  • Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:49 PM PDT
    Sentry's Dive a Success

    The calm weather holds, significantly easing deployment and recovery of equipment over the side of...

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  • Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:06 PM PDT
    Sediment Channels Discovered

    At 0330h the Thompson arrived near the survey site for Node 1, Hydrate Ridge. The speed of the shi...

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  • Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:15 PM PDT
    Steaming South

    • As the ship steamed south, we used the EM300 multibeam sonar to continuously map the base o...

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  • Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:34 PM PDT
    Setting Sail

    At 9 am under gray Seattle skies, the University of Washington’s Research Vessel Thomas ...

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