Look Ma, no hands!
Phil, one of the ROV pilots, had jokingly promised me that I could drive the ROV. Yesterday I finally hounded him down on this promise, …
23 Jul
Urban Legend
Urban Legend
Welcome to the Franklin gym. When I first heard that I would be on Franklin, the only vessel big enough to have a gym, I was …
22 Jul
The Scenic Route
The Scenic Route
On a side note, if you are curious about the route that I’ve traveled in the past 4 weeks, here it is: ICEBEAM: Göteborg, Sverige (June 27 …
22 Jul
Life Aboard the Triad
Life Aboard the Triad
Now that you’ve gotten a sense from past blogposts of the work aboard the Triad, I want to give you a better sense of life …
20 Jul
Waves
Waves
It was the best of times, it was the (roughest) of times… Yesterday the waves reached a height of 3 metres (uggh we are required to …
19 Jul
Mareld
Mareld
Like all things in summer, my time out at sea was a time warp. At times when boredom and loneliness sets in, there’s nothing out …
14 Jul
Kanon!
Kanon!
In Swedish, the word for awesome is the same as the word for canon. KANON! Yesterday was a kanon day as the Mars exploration team salvaged a kanon from the wreck site. The …
14 Jul
A Treasure hunt… of a different kind
A Treasure hunt… of a different kind
First, I apologize for being off the charts for the past few weeks. Recently, our ship stopped in Eemshavn, Netherlands for a crew change and …
10 Jul
Exploring Shipwrecks
Exploring Shipwrecks
To see another part of the offshore work that MMT does, I was recently transferred to the MMT vessel, Triad. The Triad is smaller than …
01 Jul
Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3
Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3
Jaya here, and although Emily and I have split ways for our respective vessels, I’m still in our base city of Göteborg. I’ve been assigned …