Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Grad Student Research Tech, Lake Michigan

A grad student tech on the RV Inland Seas in 1965, I am at left of center (hat on) wrestling the 250 lb coring rig on Lake Michigan.

At left, operating the winch for a Nansen bottle water sampling cast

At left, operating the winch for a plankton net cast

On the “hero board” of the RV Mysis with an oceanographic bathythermograph

At left, operating the benthic animal screener for a bottom sample

At left, on the Mysis operating the “bear trap” Smith-MacIntyre bottom sampler

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