View
of the Seattle skyline at night as the Thompson departs pier 66.
The
R/V Thompson departed Seattle, Washington at 2030 Pacific Daylight Time
(PDT) to start this year's NeMO expedition. To begin, the ship had a 24
hour transit to Endeavour Ridge. The trip to Endeavour was a change from
our scheduled plan. Due to extremely poor weather during the previous
Thompson expedition, researchers were not able to complete their work
at Endeavour. We are presently en route to the main Endeavour vent field
to deploy experiments, take samples and recover instruments. Following
the detour to Endeavour, the NeMO dives and investigations will begin
at Axial Seamount.
