We're now traveling back to Tuxpan with a lot of CTD profiles and one good gravity core + a small piece recovered from a 2000 m depth. I must admit, though it probably sounds a little nerdy, I’m a bit in awe of that little lump of clay.
We’re now sailing with the current (instead of against it) and there is not more sea surface chaos, so sailing it’s definitively a greater pleasure. The water is blue and the sun shines, and a part of me wants to go on deck to enjoy the sun and the fresh breeze much more than during the way over. At 9:00 pm we’ll arrive at our last station, and here we bring all the guns to get as many samples as possible. Both the gravity core, box core, CTD' and perhaps even de Van Veen excavating will be sent out. We wait in excitement and hope for a lot of mud! :)
Nu er vi paa vej tilbage mod Tuxpan med en masse CTD profiler og en enkelt god gravitycore + en lille stump fra 2000 m dybde. Maa indroemme, selvom det maaske lyder lidt noerdet, at jeg har en smule aerefrygt for den lille klump ler. Her paa tilbagevejen er der daaligt nogen boelgegang, da vi sejler med stroemmen. Det er klart en stoerre fornoejelse. Vandet er blaat og solen skinner, saa en del af ventetiden gaar med at nyde solen paa daekket og den friske brise der i ny og nae kommer forbi. Kl. 9 pm ankommer vi til vores sidste station, og her saetter vi al skyts ind for at faa saa mange proever som muligt. Baade gravitycoren, boxcoren, CTD'en og maaske ogsaa Van Veen Grabben bliver sendt ud. Vi venter i spaending, og haaber paa en masse MUDDER! :)
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