Newfoundland Basin, 2000, R/V Ewing | W. Steven Holbrook

The Ewing's main lab

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:01:44 -0600

...which seemed impressive at the time. (You should see the Langseth's main lab.)

Joe Stennett deploying a sonobuoy

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:00:31 -0600

Joe was the longtime Science Officer Extraordinaire of the Ewing. Here he is deploying a sonobuoy from the starboard gun boom.

Donna and Mike at the controls

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:59:37 -0600

These two had waaaaay too much fun on watch.

Seeking a wayward OBS

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:57:59 -0600

We had to recover a recalcitrant OBS that released on its backup timer (by which time the Oceanus was far away). This was complicated by the fact that we were still towing our streamer and heavy fog had reduced visibility to 100 m.

The OBS recovered...

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:56:09 -0600

The captain sent the Zodiac rescue boat out to pick up the OBS, since the Ewing couldn't maneuver while towing a 6-km streamer.

The engine room.

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:55:19 -0600

Engine control room

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:54:58 -0600

Mission control for the ship's engineers.

The pilot boat approaches

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:53:55 -0600

Most ports require a local pilot to come aboard and guide the ship in to the pier.

...and brought on board.

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:51:28 -0600

Mike Hogan helps bring the wayward OBS aboard. Behind Mike is John Santini, the longtime Bosun of the Ewing.

Capt. Jim O'Loughlin

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:50:55 -0600

Capt. Jim is now one of the two captains of the Langseth.

The science crew

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:49:53 -0600

L-R: Mike Hogan (UW), Rasmus Lang (DLC), Jonathan Winsor (MUN), Donna Shillington (UW), Brian Tucholke (WHOI), Greg Nunes (UW), John Hopper (DLC), Jeremiah Puckett (UW), John Volkmer (UW), Steve Holbrook (UW), Helen Lau (Dalhousie), Harm van Avendonk (UW)

BBQ on the Steel Beach

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:47:40 -0600

A weekend tradition on the Ewing.

Where does this thing go?

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:44:21 -0600

Harm readies a bird for attachment to the streamer.

Nunes departing

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:42:16 -0600

Greg looks like he's having second thoughts about this whole enterprise.

Steve and Brian

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:27:54 -0600

Sailing from St. John's.

Oceanus departs

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:27:19 -0600

The R/V Oceanus, loaded with OBS's, gets a head start from St. John's.

Hophead and his Mac

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:24:38 -0600

Dr. John Hopper (now at Texas A&M University) working on what seemed like a very modern Mac laptop at the time.