by Brendan Reilly | Jul 15, 2020 | Cascadia H.O.P.S
The OC2006A Cascadia H.O.P.S. expedition is now over and it is time for the real work to begin, starting with CT scanning our sediment cores and then splitting and describing them. It was a great trip and I don’t think it could be any more successful than it...
by Brendan Reilly | Jul 10, 2020 | Cascadia H.O.P.S
It is the third day of the Cascadia HOPS expedition and I’m amazed by how much we’ve accomplished so far. On Tuesday we left Newport and headed to our first station. After a slight setback, we reached our first station close to midnight and began our first...
by Brendan Reilly | Jul 6, 2020 | Cascadia H.O.P.S
Cascadia H.O.P.S. has begun and all sailing scientists are onboard RV Oceanus until the expedition is over. The day started around 0800 hours with Paul Walczak and his coring team, Ben Freiberg and Chris Fanshier, arriving to begin loading the coring gear. As the day...
by Brendan Reilly | Jun 30, 2020 | Cascadia H.O.P.S, News
After months (years?) of planning, discussion, and rescheduling, we are now one week away from setting sail on the RV Oceanus from Newport, OR to study sedimentary deposits on the Oregon and Washington continental slope. We have a great team working with us, both from...
by Brendan Reilly | Jun 16, 2020 | Cascadia H.O.P.S
We’ve been working with the Oregon State University Marine Operations team to develop new ways for remote participation during oceanographic expeditions. Today, during an RV Oceanus Sea Trial, I tuned in to take a look at what was happening on deck and take a...
