Daily Summary: R/V Roger Revelle departed from the Marine Science dock in Newport, Oregon at 17:48 UTC. At 19:30 UTC, the crew participated in an abandon ship drill, at which point the R/V Revelle slowed to ~2.5 kt. At the conclusion of the abandon ship drill at 20:07 UTC, the ship continued moving toward the first point for seismic streamer and source deployment. During this time, preparation for deployment of the MCS equipment was also underway. The ship slowed to 3 knots at 21:48 UTC in order to deploy the streamer in the water. Once the streamer was in the water, the multibeam was turned on at 22:33 UTC, followed by the echosounder at 22:34 UTC. Operations are now focused on getting the MCS system fully operational.
— Ashley Long, Coastal Carolina University
Editors note: We haven’t been at sea for 269 days. Scientists use Julian Days to keep track of time; our research expedition began on Julian Day 269.