A day onboard the M/V Queen dawns with the rising of the sun and the hum of the generator. While anchored for the night under the sheltered arms of the steep volcanic cliffs of Punta Vicente Roca just a tad south of the equator, the boat goes silent with the only sounds that I hear […]
I believe that at least two of the descriptions of the M/V Queen Mabel that I had heard earlier in the week were absolutely correct — cozy and that she has character. In a space that is 50 feet in overall length (including a wonderful bowsprit that I have my eye on) and with a […]
Ever since SeaWiFS was launched back in August of 1997, I had hoped to figure out some way of getting a high resolution satellite receiving station installed on the islands to collect a time series that would once and for all provide a data set for generations to come that would help characterize the ocean’s […]
Editor’s note: A second Spanish-only guest blog, from Gene’s shipmate Nathalia Tirado Sánchez, describes how a family vacation to the tropics when she was five ended up with them staying to live on the Galapagos. At that age, she remembers feeling like she had gone back in time, to a place where dinosaurs (marine iguanas) […]
Editor’s Note. Two of Gene’s shipmates on the Mabel, whom he invited to guest blog, submitted their posts in Spanish, with no translation. Biologist Jerson Moreno is describing the activities he has been involved in since he started working the Galapagos in 1998, most of them involving monitoring small marine animals such as fish and […]
My main role within the Charles Darwin Foundation is to be aware of the safety during the field activities in the marine and terrestrial areas. I also participate in the different marine research projects that are going on. In the ecological Monitoring after seven years of participation; I identify and take notes of the number […]
Since 2006, I’ve been an Associate Researcher at Marine Ecosystem Monitoring Program of the Charles Darwin Foundation, and also an Associate Researcher at Nazca Institute of Marine Research since 2003.
Editor’s note: A third Spanish-only guest blog, from Gene’s shipmate Angela M. Kuhn.
My name is Mariana Vera, and I’ve been involved in conservation for more than 7 years. Right now I am working as an associate researcher in the marine coastal research area of the Charles Darwin Foundation in Galapagos (Ecuador). As a science diver, my work is centered around ecological monitoring and I specialize in taxonomic […]
I’ve asked Stuart to write a short description of the scientific background behind the dive program that is at the heart of the research cruise that I have been fortunate enough to participate in and that description can be found at the bottom of this journal entry. However, I wanted to try and graphically illustrate […]
