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Aug 29, 20241 min read
We're going back to sea!
The first PORO-CLIM expedition ran back in May 2021 and with another team of international scientists (some new faces, some old), we're...
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May 29, 20215 min read
That’s a wrap for data acquisition!
We have been working in the Porcupine Seabight (hence the PO of PORO-CLIM) for the past week (with a brief stay in Bantry Bay) and have...
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May 27, 20216 min read
Chasing storms (Or being chased!)
Storms come with the territory of working in the North Atlantic. As safety is a top priority on board, we always have to be adaptive to...
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May 22, 20216 min read
Documenting Life at Sea 2: the Power of Words
The previous installment of this blog post series about documenting life at sea was mostly about capturing pictures, but there is more to...
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May 21, 20213 min read
Mission Control: An insight into the Dry Lab
The Dry Lab aboard the RV Celtic Explorer is the heart of the scientific operations for the PORO-CLIM Expedition. It’s where we monitor...
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May 19, 20214 min read
Documenting Life at Sea
Outreach is an important feature of the PORO-CLIM Expedition. Along with our blog and social media accounts we have been recording life...
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May 18, 20213 min read
Catch me if you can: OBS retrieval
We have had a very bust past 48 hours. We have been retrieving all our OBS instruments from the seabed. Lookout from the bridge, can you...
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May 16, 20214 min read
I'm a Scientist on a boat, ask me anything: Q&A 1
We have been asked some excellent questions from some curious school children about our Expedition. These questions came from students...
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May 13, 20212 min read
Good Vibrations: a closer look at the Ocean Bottom Seismometer (OBS)
An OBS is a high-tech instrument that is used to measure what is going on under our feet from metres to kilometres beneath the seafloor....
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May 13, 20211 min read
CTD logging
We deployed the first of our instruments yesterday, a CTD cast, on the way towards our research area. CTD stands for Conductivity,...
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May 12, 20212 min read
Having a whale of a time
We are now on our way to our research area and have begun to deploy the instruments. Over the past two days there has been a consistent...
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May 10, 20212 min read
Meet the Crew: Early Career Scientists
Our onboard Science Party comprises of scientists and engineers from Irish, Danish & British universities and institutes covering a range...
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May 8, 20212 min read
Setting Sail
After a two day delay in Galway port we have finally departed! At 3 o'clock this afternoon the Galway Port pilot came aboard and guided...
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May 7, 20212 min read
Mobilisation is under way
All the crew have arrived in Galway and had their negative COVID-19 PCR test. The Scientific Crew on the gangway of the RV Celtic...
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Apr 29, 20211 min read
Equipment Shipped! One week to go...
Yesterday, 7 shipping containers left Aarhus University in Denmark. They're packed full of the geophysical equipment we need for the...
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Apr 22, 20211 min read
The countdown is on! 2 weeks to go!
2 weeks to go... Today marks two weeks until we set sail on the RV Celtic Explorer. Let the countdown begin! Our onboard science party...
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Apr 14, 20211 min read
T-Minus 3 Weeks
Today we had the first public outreach meeting. A team of 5 PhD and Post Doctoral researchers will be handling the public outreach,...
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