In June 2013, researchers from DFO (BIO), Dalhousie, and Acadia sailed on the CCGS Hudson to do some science. During the cruise, we deployed twelve sediment-laden ice blocks in Minas Basin to assess melt rates and observe drift. This work is part of a larger project aiming to survey the occurrence of sediment-laden and occasionally...
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A rosette is not an oceanographic instrument itself. It is a round frame tied to a winch on which different instruments can be mounted. During the AZMP (Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program) cruise in April 2013, the rosette for a typical profile includes two CTDs, two optodes, two fluorometers, two ADCPs (one looking up, the other...
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In August 2011, I had the opportunity to sail on the CCGS Hudson for a seismic and sediment coring expedition to the Grand Banks and Flemish Cap. We collected over 60 piston cores in 15 days and made seismic transects all night! … and I made some great friends and got screeched in while we stopped in St. John’s,...
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