Days 10 & 11- Christmas is here!
Menu:
Breakfast
- French toast
- Oatmeal
- Fresh fruit
- Yogurt
Lunch
- Chili dogs
- Baked pasta casserole
- French fries
- Broccoli
- Salad bar
Dinner
- Grilled marinated steak
- Baked beets
- Seasoned rice
- Potatoes and onions
- Salad bar
- Ice cream’
Christmas Dinner
- Turkey
- Stuffing
- Gravy
- Yams
- Fingerling potatoes
- Cranberry sauce
- Fresh baked bread
- Salad bar
- Assorted deserts
Weather
Overcast, getting more windy in the evening
Position
Jason launch: Seamounts Z39 and Z40, 147° 16.66′ by 44° 23.36′
Happy holidays to the folks back home from everyone on the ship! We were able to get together the science and Jason crew last night and to a little gift swap, and we also found gifts outside of our bunks this morning - Santa didn’t forget us out here! I’ve posted some pictures of the crew aboard; sorry if I’ve missed anyone, I’m still tracking everyone down. We spent the rest of the eve watching Elf (they didn’t have a Christmas Story!) and fortunately we got the night off from watches because of a low-pressure front coming in. However, Jason is in the water, bright and early on Christmas at 8:30 AM. We’re going to stay in for a few days, and then it looks like we’re going to have to hunker down for a while as a massive low-pressure system comes in.
Our goals this Christmas day are the following: Investigate the Z39 and Z40 seamounts (you can tell which ones are named by scientists and which by fishermen) and explore the two, especially focusing on ridges and the col between the two (~1910 m). We’ll now be concentrating on lower depths; we’re dropping in at ~2100 meters – the summit of the smaller seamount is only ~1775 meters. This is uncharted territory in the Southern Hills, so hopefully we’ll get some good HD footage!
We were able to spot some whales off the starboard bow this morning! There were about 3 or 4 of them that I could count, and maybe more than that – unfortunately, they were too small and far away to get any pictures of. Anyway, to all of the family and friends reading today, happy holidays and we miss you all!
December 24th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
And yet none of you.
Happy Christmas, sir.
December 25th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Merry Christmas all!! A day late for you, but on the money for us. Was so good to see pics of all of you and see what we are missing! Love to all ( Adam a hug to you), and to all a good night
December 26th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Adam & all – I wish you all a wonderful (if belated) Christmas holiday! The pictures and daily blog are terrific. You keep us up to date on weather and such, so I’ll let you know that back east (New York area) we have run the gamut from 6″ of snow to 3″ of rain, 15 degree weather to 60 degree weather. At this point, we don’t know what coat to wear!
The city is festive in its holiday dress, the Rockefeller Tree is gorgeous and this year lit with energy efficient bulbs (Bloomberg is indeed helping this city go green!), people are skating from Bryant Park to Rock Center to Wollman rink (when it isn’t 60 outside!) and everyone from this end of the globe wishes all of you on the ship a wonderful week of adventure and a very happy holiday week. Glad that Santa made it to Tasmania!
Hugs from Karen, Nala & Chloe