Turnover
After recovering the respiration lander today, the score stands:
Team Sweetman: 5
Forces of nature, failed electronics, and other random crap: 4
We have officially turned over the score.
Absolutely everything worked this time. All three benthic chambers penetrated the seafloor to exactly the right depth. All three lander computers carried out their sampling programs flawlessly. The algal injectors worked; the optodes recorded their data; the stirrers did their job. If there was an official deep-sea biology victory dance, I'd be doing it right now.
Lander recovery days are always the longest days. We called Poliris to the surface about 3:30 am; she was on deck at 5:11, and I finished processing samples around lunchtime. By the time the 2 pm science meeting rolled around, I felt like three days had passed since the morning.
Ah, but life is good. We have three more deployments left in the cruise, and we're going to make the best of them. Bring. It. On.
Team Sweetman: 5
Forces of nature, failed electronics, and other random crap: 4
We have officially turned over the score.
Absolutely everything worked this time. All three benthic chambers penetrated the seafloor to exactly the right depth. All three lander computers carried out their sampling programs flawlessly. The algal injectors worked; the optodes recorded their data; the stirrers did their job. If there was an official deep-sea biology victory dance, I'd be doing it right now.
Lander recovery days are always the longest days. We called Poliris to the surface about 3:30 am; she was on deck at 5:11, and I finished processing samples around lunchtime. By the time the 2 pm science meeting rolled around, I felt like three days had passed since the morning.
Ah, but life is good. We have three more deployments left in the cruise, and we're going to make the best of them. Bring. It. On.
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