The waiting is the hardest part?

Hello world! Well, after pandemic delays, hundreds of conference calls and untold hours of optimizing line locations and survey plans, we have reached the final countdown!! We can’t wait to get on the water and start collecting data!

Space Needle on view during our daily exercise period.

This is a two-ship operation—the R/V Langseth science party arrived in Seattle last Friday to begin a seven-day self isolation and we will get on the this Friday. The CCCG Tully science party is also isolating near Port Angeles and will board on Thursday. Both ships will hit the open seas en route to the survey area.

During self-isolation, we’ve been lucky to get some outside exercise time in downtown Seattle and a couple of us were even able to hike over to see the Langseth in all her glory at the dock.

Visiting the Langseth — our soon-to-be home for 40 days!

In the mean time, we are treating our self-isolation as a long transit—with Grubhub! We have science meeting happy hours every night to catch up and discuss papers and are prepping for setting sail.

More to come as we get closer to the survey and board the ship!

-Lindsay Worthington