Sunshine at last..... yes basking shark weather!!!! We had a somewhat non- enthusiastic bunch of students today who really shouldnt have been let loose on a boat!!! But it takes time to get adjusted and they are just learning to commandere a research cruise, but I think we all were very tired after all the bad weather and days of feeling ill!!!
Ocean spray from the back of the boat!
Steph- asleep on the job!
Today was a bit of a success, because of a force 8 again, we had to abandon plans and surveyed quite close to the shore, but again the sharkometer registered a zero :( :( :(
All was not doom and gloom though, we did see some grey seals both in the water and basking in the sunshine (see above, you can see the adult peering at the ship, look to the right edge of the rocks, we couldnt get too close due to the rocks themselves) and about 15 guillemots (sea birds)... so at least that can be logged!!
I continued with my plankton samples as normal.................. and also continued to devour the crews supply of jammy dodgers, gingernuts, choco bars, hot chocolate............ the sea air does make one very hungry!!
The group decided to venture into the River Helford and perform analysis from river to estuary to sea!! We seen another seal, but we had a major casualty, my team mate Steph, suspected food poisoning from a tesco chicken and sweetcorn sandwich filler... we found her asleep on the bow, check out the photos!! She is still in bed!
Ocean spray from the back of the boat!
Steph- asleep on the job!
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