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Sr. Thesis cruise 2024

Completed
Thomas G. Thompson

Thomas G. Thompson

University of Washington · USA

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Planned route: 49 segments · ~11 days steaming · 48 stations

Operating area: South Pacific

Route: Pago Pago - American Samoa → Pago Pago - American Samoa

Dec 30, 2023 – Jan 11, 202412 days at seaactual: departed Dec 30, 2023, arrived Jan 11, 2024

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Project aboard

In this 3-quarter long series of courses (OCEAN 443, 444 and 445), students are closely mentored by a faculty team to design, execute and communicate an original research project on a topic of their own choosing. This option usually included senior cruise on our research vessel, the R/V Thompson somewhere in the world's ocean. The Bachelor's of Science requires these courses. The Bachelor's of Arts does not.

People aboard

  • Richard Keil · Principal investigator
  • Mark Warner · Chief scientist

Party size: 22

Estimated vacant berths: 13

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

  • Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
  • Overboarding Cable - Copper Conductor(s)
  • Crane
  • Stern A-Frame
  • Navigation - Heading/Position
  • Dynamic Positioning (DP)
  • Underway Seawater System
  • pCO2
  • Meteorological Data
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range 500-750m (e.g. 75kHz)
  • Multibeam - Mid-Water (EM302/304)

Pooled / portable

  • CTD
  • Grab Sampler

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code TN-427 Senior Thesis · MFP reference 23/3411 · synced Sep 24, 2026