Weather Report
Time : 8:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Air Temperature : 9.1 degrees C
Sea Temperature : 9.9 degrees C
Wind Speed : 10.5 kts
Water Depth : 207 meters
Latitude : N 51.14
Longitude : W 129
8 AM : Launched the CTD (conductivity, temperature, and depth) as is the daily routine. Also launched the "fish." The number of experimental tests by several independent experimenters properly performed is consistant with the scientific method.
The ship is in a holding pattern located just northwest of Vancouver Island. Soon the vessel will be headed for the southern tip of the Queen Charlotte Islands to research the Haida Eddies. This appears to be the spawning grounds of these large anticyclonic eddies. An eddy is a circular movement of water, counter to a main current, causing a small whirlpool. In this case the Haida
Eddies are documented as having a diameter of one hundred fifty to three hundred kilometers. More tommorrow!
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