Keeping Busy

Since deploying the last of the SOCCOM floats, we've still been busy doing CTD and other science. But we also get down time, thanks to the VPR (video plankton recorder) - more details in this blog post. Our restech Matt has come up with creative assignments to keep us busy and bonding as a team. We wrote haiku and limericks and played other rhyming games. 

Scientists congregate in the main lab to read their limericks.

This week our assignment was to build a car out of discarded materials. We'll be holding a race in the next few days. There's also a cribbage tournament underway, so card games are happening all over the ship. The preferred time and place is the library just after dinner. It's a great excuse to hang out with someone you maybe haven't spent one on one time with. We're definitely enjoying our COVID-free bubble!

Boys vs girls: scientists and crew members face off in three different cribbage games as part of the tournament.

I'll update with the results of the cribbage tournament and car races soon!