In November 2015 we've set sail again on board RV Maria S Merian to service one of our dust-collecting buoys.
On this blog, we'll keep you updated on our adventures at sea. Please drop us a note (jbstuut-at-nioz.nl) if you have any questions!?
Link to the Sailwx website (ship's actual position).
26 November: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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25 November: Wildlife
![A turtle approached the ship A turtle approached the ship](https://retired.nioz.nl/files/afdelingen/GCO/DUST/2015-MSM48/Lorendz-turtle.jpg)
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24 November: What’s the weather gonna be?
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23 November: A Rare Sight
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![Image credit: Lorand Image credit: Lorand](https://retired.nioz.nl/files/afdelingen/GCO/DUST/2015-MSM48/Lorand15.jpg)
22 November: Floating traps
![Image credit: Gerard & Karin Image credit: Gerard & Karin](https://retired.nioz.nl/files/afdelingen/GCO/DUST/2015-MSM48/GVKZ_634.jpg)
![Image credit: Gerard & Karin Image credit: Gerard & Karin](https://retired.nioz.nl/files/afdelingen/GCO/DUST/2015-MSM48/GVKZ_684.JPG)
![Image credit: Gerard & Karin Image credit: Gerard & Karin](https://retired.nioz.nl/files/afdelingen/GCO/DUST/2015-MSM48/GVKZ_703_smaller.jpg)
21 November: Dust collection on the ship’s roof
![Image credit: Lorand Image credit: Lorand](https://retired.nioz.nl/files/afdelingen/GCO/DUST/2015-MSM48/Lorand11.jpg)
![Image credit: Lorand Image credit: Lorand](https://retired.nioz.nl/files/afdelingen/GCO/DUST/2015-MSM48/Lorand13.jpg)
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20 November: Dusty skies
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19 November: Deep-sea mud
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18 November: Working day and night
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17 November: Pump it up!
![Image credit: Lorand Image credit: Lorand](https://retired.nioz.nl/files/afdelingen/GCO/DUST/2015-MSM48/Lorand09.jpg)
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16 November: Re-deployment of buoy Carmen
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![Image credit: Lorand Image credit: Lorand](https://retired.nioz.nl/files/afdelingen/GCO/DUST/2015-MSM48/Lorand07.jpg)
![Image credit: Lorand Image credit: Lorand](https://retired.nioz.nl/files/afdelingen/GCO/DUST/2015-MSM48/Lorand08.jpg)
![Image credit: Lorand Image credit: Lorand](https://retired.nioz.nl/files/afdelingen/GCO/DUST/2015-MSM48/Lorand05.jpg)
16 November: Fishing
![Image credit: Lorand Image credit: Lorand](https://retired.nioz.nl/files/afdelingen/GCO/DUST/2015-MSM48/Lorand01.jpg)
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15 November: Recovering buoy Carmen
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![Image credits: Karin Image credits: Karin](https://retired.nioz.nl/files/afdelingen/GCO/DUST/2015-MSM48/KZ_1377.jpg)
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14 November: Opening Cores
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13 November: leaving the harbour of Mindelo
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10 November: fishing for small creatures
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9 November: more deep-sea sediments
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8 November: core on deck!
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6 November: the Atlantic ocean here is deeeeeep
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6 November: coring the Madeira Abyssal Plane
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4 November: CTD watch
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2 November: Off they go! Catarina and Carmen on board the Merian.
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17 September: Packing up
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14 September: Cruise preparations
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On 12 November 2015 a small team from NIOZ will fly to Mindelo, which is the capital of Sao Vicente, which is one of the Cape-Verde Islands. In the mean time, the ship has sailed from the Azores, where it left on 2 November, with a large team of international colleagues from MARUM-Bremen. During these two weeks they have already carried out a comprehensive sampling schedule, taking predominantly water samples as well as sediment cores.
From Mindelo, we'll set sail towards Cape Blanc, Mauritania, where buoy Carmen has been collecting dust since August 2013. We will service the buoy, collect a hopefully nice set of data and dust filters, and re-deploy it for another half year. In April 2016 we will again visit buoy Carmen during cruise JC134. After another intense sampling program off Cape Blanc we will sail towards Gran Canaria, from where we'll fly home again.
Below you can see the planned cruise track:
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