R/V Melville
We are at
2 degrees North, 105 degrees W and have begun the most arduous
part of the cruise. The dredge, a large iron jaw dragging an iron
net behind it, was finally deployed to collect our first samples
of the seafloor, 3,000m beneath us. The entire science party was
on deck for deployment of the dredge (see photo) but left it to
“Breakfast Club” (4 o’clock to 8 o’clock), including Ryan Cheney,
Trish Gregg and Heather Hanna, to haul it in. Breakfast Club also
deployed the wax core, which is an instrument designed to quickly
collect small amounts of sample (see photo). By Carrie Donnelly
