Again, I must apologize for the delay in updating the post. One of the risks we take when we come out on the ship for a month is lack of communication with the shorebound world. In other words, the internet has been down for a few days. I'm hoping it'll stay up long enough for me to get you updated on our progress so far. For now, I'm only going to input the text version. If the connection stays up long enough, I have some other great pictures to post as well.
What a busy day. We finished sampling Lake Erie, went through the Welland Canal (pictures to come later), picked up some new science crew member, and started sampling Lake Ontario.
We finished sampling Lake Erie very early today, ending with station ER10, which had a surface temperature of 0.49c and a total depth of 33 meters.
The average turbidity (particles in the water causing cloudiness) of the Central Basin was greater than 4 NTU, which calls for us to resample the lake. We plan to do this after we sample Lake Ontario, weather permitting, of course. Right now, the weather seems to be picking up here, so hopefully on the way back, it'll be a little calmer.
After finishing up with Lake Erie, we headed for the Welland Canal, which only took 6.5 hours to get through.
After the Welland, we picked up 3 new science crew members at Fort Niagara, NY. I also got the chance to tour the old fort there (some more pics).
We set sail again around 5pm, heading for our first station on Lake Ontario, ON12, which was reached at 7:23 pm. This station had a total depth of 104.5 meters and a surface temperature of 2.75C.
We finished our day at ON25 at 9:40 pm. The total depth was 136.0 meters and the surface temperature was 2.65C.
Told you it was a long day. Can't wait for tomorrow!!
What a busy day. We finished sampling Lake Erie, went through the Welland Canal (pictures to come later), picked up some new science crew member, and started sampling Lake Ontario.
We finished sampling Lake Erie very early today, ending with station ER10, which had a surface temperature of 0.49c and a total depth of 33 meters.
The average turbidity (particles in the water causing cloudiness) of the Central Basin was greater than 4 NTU, which calls for us to resample the lake. We plan to do this after we sample Lake Ontario, weather permitting, of course. Right now, the weather seems to be picking up here, so hopefully on the way back, it'll be a little calmer.
After finishing up with Lake Erie, we headed for the Welland Canal, which only took 6.5 hours to get through.
After the Welland, we picked up 3 new science crew members at Fort Niagara, NY. I also got the chance to tour the old fort there (some more pics).
We set sail again around 5pm, heading for our first station on Lake Ontario, ON12, which was reached at 7:23 pm. This station had a total depth of 104.5 meters and a surface temperature of 2.75C.
We finished our day at ON25 at 9:40 pm. The total depth was 136.0 meters and the surface temperature was 2.65C.
Told you it was a long day. Can't wait for tomorrow!!
Coast Guard Station at Fort Niagara
Main building inside the Old Fort Niagara
Draw Bridge Entrance to Fort Niagara
Musket firing
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