Today has been a day of all different types of excitement for Team 005 who’ll be working will Bill Sobczak (Cassandra, Melissa and myself). After some really productive time spent with the PIs yesterday, everyone has begun closing in on their project for the coming weeks. We’ll be sharing them with the group tonight and are excited to hear some feedback from our peers and PIs alike.
Then, just before lunch, we were sitting at one of the tables discussing how excited we are to work with Bill on figuring out why it is exactly that the amount of carbon available for bacteria to consume is 5% (hence our team name) at all parts of the watershed studied. We plan on looking at what role temperature, salinity, and bacterial composition have on how carbon is processed.
Suddenly, our excitement about science was eclipsed when we realized we could see lots of new scenery out of the window. Or, to be more specific, we could now see the swimming area from one window of the common room and the satellite dish from the other. The stern cable was somehow gone and we were now drifting with only the tether at the bow to hold us to shore. In spite of the setback though, we got the hungry team aboard safely for a delicious lunch and our hardworking crew had everything set right in no time at all.
The stern mooring broke free and the barge swung diagonally to the side of the river
Before we knew it, we were swimming around our usual spot, enjoying the warm weather while we still can!
Andrew, Melissa, and Cassandra
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Подольше хорошей погоды! says
July 8, 2010 at 2:13 amПодольше вам хорошей погоды!
С удовольствием слежу за вашими новостями.
Особенно порадовала щука и купание!
andy says
July 8, 2010 at 1:47 pmThis is a Polaris rite of passage. Good to get it out of the way early. If the barge does break completely loose just head to the Arctic Ocean and make a right. I’ll pick you up in Seattle.
drc says
July 8, 2010 at 1:59 pmIf it’s 5% throughout then is there a single process? Or is the 5% a coincidence for a bunch of different ways of processing carbon?
Cassandra, Andrew, and Melissa says
July 8, 2010 at 5:48 pmHey drc- that’s exactly what we’re trying to figure out. We all have individual projects that focus on what may be causing the 5% uptake. We don’t know if it’s being caused by a single process or the result of multiple factors. We’ll keep you updated when we have any idea ourselves!
max.wilbert says
July 10, 2010 at 1:11 amGood to know you got our backs Andy!
-Max and Kate