JASIN 70: Introduction to Ballooning!
What we were wanting to do: the study concerned the part of the atmosphere directly influenced by the ocean beneath it, usually the lowest 1...
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JASIN 1970: Shear Spar
The only new oceanographic instrumentation tested during the JASIN 1970 field trial was the “Shear Spar” Quoting the description in the Cruise Report (NIO Cruise...
Ballooning on Discovery and Cumulus
Photo Gallery: Ballooning on Discovery… Balloons launched from Discovery: The radiosonde balloon programme on RRS Discovery had the twin aims of developing the double balloon system...
HMS Hecla
The third ship which participated in JASIN 1970 was the hydrographic ship HMS Hecla. The scientific teams onboard came from the University of Reading and...
On OWS Cumulus
When I embarked on RRS Discovery at the start of Cruise 34 I had not expected to be transferring to the OWS Cumulus. However the...
Thoughts of Home!
In 1970, when at sea, you were much more isolated from the rest of the world than is the case today. On a research ship...