Well it seems the TSGB is doing its work for the community by not just training mariners to support the 90% of Global trade which travels by ship, but rather to help out your friendly neighborhood meteorologist. Good ol'NOAA (the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration) requested our assistance in the deployment of several "ARGOS floats". We have made several deployments that have been occurring on the Golden Bear at specific positions on our route for the past few days. Once in the water, these floats lower themselves to depths of nearly 2,000 meters and then raise back to the surface at regular intervals. Along their vertical journey, they record things like water temperature and salinity at specific depths, all things I know nothing about. Each time they return to the surface, they beam their data to a satellite and then begin another cycle. The cycles continue for a few years until they sink for the last time... into Davey Jones' Locker... yarr... its very technical.
I'm glad I haven't gone crazy yet... well then I guess that other people who haven't been on this ship for the past 2 months will have to be the judge of that.
Oh yeah and we're in the Northern Hemisphere again, surprise! So my toilet spins the other way, the weather will be getting hot as we pass through the hot zone, the water on the ship will be nearly boiling when it comes out of the cold water tap (I get my cold out of the hot one now (no seriously I do, it is really sad)) oh yeah and it seems like the water is a lot bluer, its really odd (I just guess thats because the Northern Hemisphere rocks (I mean our seasons make sense and everything)).
Stay Frosty,
Sailor Reporting Salinity
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