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Ocean 492 Course - Fall 2024

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Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson

University of Washington · USA

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Planned route: 5 segments · ~16 hours steaming · 2 stations

Operating area: San Juan Island and Strait of Juan de Fuca

›3 legs· Seattle (UW Pier) (Washington) - United States → Seattle (UW Pier) (Washington) - United States
  1. 1Seattle (UW Pier) (Washington) - United States→Friday Harbor (Washington) - United StatesSep 30 – Oct 1, 2024 · 1 d
  2. 2Friday Harbor (Washington) - United States→Friday Harbor (Washington) - United StatesOct 1 – Oct 2, 2024 · 1 d
  3. 3Friday Harbor (Washington) - United States→Seattle (UW Pier) (Washington) - United StatesOct 2, 2024 · 1 d
Sep 30 – Oct 2, 20242 days at seaactual: departed Sep 30, 2024, arrived Oct 2, 2024
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Project aboard

UW Oceanography Dept. Ocean 492 Research Apprentices Student Cruise for Fall Quarter 2024.

People aboard

  • Jan Newton · Chief scientist
  • Richard Keil · Principal investigator

Party size: 10

Estimated vacant berths: 3

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

  • Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
  • Crane
  • Stern A-Frame
  • Navigation - Heading/Position
  • Underway Seawater System
  • Meteorological Data
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range < 80m (eg. 300kHz)
  • Biological multi-frequency echosounder - EK80

Pooled / portable

  • CTD
  • Dredge
  • Grab Sampler
  • Other Seafloor Sampling Equipment
  • Gyrocompass

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code RC-0128 · MFP reference 24/4942 · synced Sep 24, 2026