Floats

Bandwidth didn't allow for blogging on the AMT28 cruise, but here are photos and information from the float deployments.  Thanks to John Ballard and Isabel Seguro for decorating the floats and Chief Scientist Glen Tarran for sending us all the information! Floats #1 - 12696, "Doc Baldy" - Mt. San Antonio College Float #2  - 12883, "North Bay Vikings" - North Bay Elementary Thursday, October 18th -  SOCCOM floats, serial numbers 12696 (Doc Baldy) and 12883 (North Bay Vikings), were deployed today at 12:22 GMT ( 27.20025 S,  28.24999 W)  and 12:28 GMT ( 27.20098 S,  28.24975 W) , respectively. "Doc Baldy" - Our campus is named after nearby Mt. San Antonio. At 10,064 ft. it is the tallest peak of the San Gabriel mountains in LA county. In the region, Mt. San Antonio is lovingly referred to as Mt. Baldy. The “Doc” part of the name is meant to represent “Doc” Ed Rickett and all scientists who go out to collect samples and data. Since this is an MBARI float

Join John Ballard of the University of California, San Diego as he deploys SOCCOM floats on an Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) cruise on the UK's  RRS James Clark Ross .  The ship has already left port and you can track its position here - the first floats will be deployed in mid-October.