What you’ve been waiting for… Cake!

Saturday, 10th October 2009 by
The picture you've all been waiting for. Tonight's dinner featured black forest gateau.Discovery's latest adventures involve sponges and cake, but perhaps not at the same time.

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Pictures from the deep

Wednesday, 7th October 2009 by
Bramley, Veit and I look through the mud Hybis brought back from 4500m. Mostly we found mud!Autosub completes two missions at our new location off Morocco, but the real excitement is live video from Hybis, 4500m below the ship.

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A Record Dive!

Monday, 5th October 2009 by
The traditional souvenir from deep ocean diving, a polystyrene cup crushed by the pressure. The last entry ended with Hybis over the side of the ship and Autosub ready to follow it a few hours later. In the unlikely event that any of you have been on the edges of your seats with the suspense here's what happened next...

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Field Robotics is Hard!

Saturday, 3rd October 2009 by
Miles lines up the grapnel to try to catch the sub.A day of frustration as things don't go to plan...

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Meet Hybis

Friday, 2nd October 2009 by
Hybis, a remotely operated vehicle with a scoop for collecting samples. Hybis, another of the vehicles on-board, was scheduled to dive today as we've finally reached our deep bit of ocean. Unfortunately, things haven't quite gone to plan, yet...

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The cruise plan. We've already changed almost everything about it! All the boring technical stuff about Autosub and how I get to be on a research ship in the middle of the Atlantic...

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Sending Autosub for a swim

Tuesday, 29th September 2009 by
Autosub just after launch. The writing reads 'Harmless Scientific Instrument' in case you were wondering. Day two of the cruise saw us launch Autosub, meet some dolphins, and have a small adventure retrieving the sub.

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First Day on RSS Discovery

Monday, 28th September 2009 by
RSS Discovery: My home for the next three weeksThree weeks on a research ship certainly feels like an adventure to me...even if today was pretty uneventful.

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