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A packed house for the finals of the ping pong tournament.
Luan Nguyen squares off against Tim Kane. |
Following the successful completion of our program, we are
transiting ~3000 km to port in Kodiak, Alaska.
This trip took us back across the
date line and along the Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula, where we were
treated to glimpses of distant, rugged mountains shrouded in clouds. Our newly
collected data has kept us very busy. The long trip enabled us to complete
onboard processing of seismic and bathymetric data, discuss initial
observations from the data and share our preliminary results with the rest of
the
Langseth’s crew.
We are seeing all kinds of interesting and
unexpected things in the data. We may even get close to completing the cruise report before we come into port, which would a minor miracle.
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Mei Liu and her model OBS |
But the transit has also given us a chance for some
recreation now that our main data collection duties are finished.
The frequency and intensity of bridge games and
dance lessons has picked up.
Some of the science party are learning Chinese. We’re
designing a cruise t-shirt. Some other impressive, recreational projects are underway, including the construction of a miniature model of an OBS using spare OBS parts.
And – we’re
having a ping pong tournament.
You might
not think that ping pong would be the best game to play at sea.
The ship is rolling, a non-standard table in a
cramped space is normally used, and there are a zillion places for a ping pong
ball to get lost. However, it is the classic sport aboard ships!
After a week of intense competition, the finals took place tonight.
The match pitted
Tim Kane (WHOI), reigning champion from our previous cruise, against newcomer Luan
Nguyen (Rice).
It was a hard fought and
close match, and Luan was ultimately victorious.
Now that the ping pong tournament is
finished, I guess we are ready to come into port.
We should arrive tomorrow afternoon!
Donna Shillington
LDEO
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