Day 24
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Final meeting and social gathering
Today we saw the first signs of civilization with a ship on the horizon around 6:45 PM tonight. I also spotted lots of orange jellyfish type creatures in the water as I wandered around on deck earlier in the day. I’ll have to look up what they actually are when I reconnect with the world again in a couple of days.
We had our final meeting to go over all that was accomplished during the expedition including the most CTD casts ever, 2 ITP mooring deployments, about 5 normal mooring deployments including the first ever in the St. Anna trench. After dinner the crew on the bridge spotted a pack of dolphins swimming off the starboard side of the ship so we all ran outside to enjoy the show. That was pretty amazing! I didn’t even know that dolphins were found this far north.
Our last gathering was held shortly after the dolphin spotting. We all gathered to laugh about stories from the past 3 weeks at sea, dance, and even listen to some Russian music on the guitar performed by a crew member. It has been an amazing expedition with connections and friendships made from all over the world.
~Becki Legatt
