All set up and Ready To Go

After loading all of our equipment, unpacking boxes, and setting up our instruments, we're ready to sail on Friday morning. The core instrumentation (EM-APEX profiling floats and SWIMS towed profiling package) is staged in place for easy access to the sea. This kind of thing is much easier to do when in port and the ship has not started rolling around.

EM-APEX floats in racks in the "Baltic Room." (Photo credit: James Girton)

SWIMS in place under the stern A-frame. (Photo credit: James Girton)