Today, the first day of the long transit back home, it’s my turn to write a word about my daily activities on board of the new RV Belgica. As I participated on the “old” Belgica from 1985 onwards, it should be mentioned that it’s a major upgrade. Anyhow, at that time, she was also a…
Ahoy, it’s Lin on deck to bring you today’s tales! I’ve just recently graduated from a PhD in Earth Sciences with The Drifters Research Group at Royal Holloway University of London, during which I have completed the thesis focusing on ancient contourite drift deposits in the Gulf of Cadiz and its implications on Atlantic-Mediterranean paleo-water…
Hi, my name is Ryan, and I’m a current PhD student from Ulster University, Northern Ireland. My PhD is looking at the glacimarine processes within the Porcupine Seabight from the shelf edge to deep water, and what they can tell us about the Irish Sea Ice Stream which extended offshore to near the shelf edge…
Hey everyone! I’m Sara, a 19 year old Bachelor’s student currently studying Marine Science at Ulster University in Northern Ireland and today I’m here to give you your daily fix of ‘Life on the RV Belgica’. My day starts officially at 6am, where I meet Tibe and Morgan (who I’m on shift with) upstairs on…
This blog is brought to you by Lotte™. Hello everyone! For those who don’t know me, I’m a PhD student in marine geology at RCMG at Ghent University. I’ve been studying the Kings and Gollum channel systems for 3 years under the supervision of David and finally made it back to my study area to…
Hello everyone, I’m Islam, from Algeria, and I will be the one writing my journey today. I graduated from a veterinary school in 2013, followed by an MBA (Master in Business Administration) in 2019. And here I am, pursuing a Master’s degree in Oceanography at the University of Liège. Today is the 10th of August…
Hi everyone! My name is Ian and I am a 2nd master student at Ghent university in Belgium. Today is my turn to write about some of my experiences and funny moments on the RV Belgica. The goal of this expedition for me is to gain some experience and of course getting familiar with the…
Good morning landlubbers! My name is Tibe, I’m 21 and I’m a bachelor student from Ghent University. Today I will tell you what a day on the Belgica looks like for me. My day starts at 5h30; I get up, take a travel pill (because I get seasick easily) and take a shower. Then I…
Hi! I am Kimberly, a 2nd master student in Geology at Ghent University. I got the opportunity to join this survey and was immediately excited to see how research and life on board of the RV Belgica looks like. It is the perfect way to put the ‘Exploration Geophysics’ and ‘Integrated Offshore Exploration’ courses followed…
Hello! My name is Morgan, and today you’ll get the pleasure (hopefully) of seeing life at the Belgica through my eyes. I’m a PhD researcher at Ghent University and VLIZ since April 2022. Since I’ll be on a cruise with the RV Belgica for my own PhD in September and November, I was happy to…
This is Despina, your storyteller for today. Since May 2022, I am a PhD Researcher at Ghent University and the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). I am a marine geoscientist, with a special interest in marine geology and geophysical survey techniques. This cruise was the perfect opportunity for me to gain scientific and practical experience along…
Hi, I’m Coline a biologist with soon a master’s degree in Oceanography from the University of Liège. Being on a boat and doing some oceanographic campaigns is everything I have ever dreamt of and these few days onboard have been already absolutely delightful. I am now excited to know more about the geology campaigns we…
May we suggest a bit of background music to accompany your read?https://open.spotify.com/playlist/11PXWGFhEXkQpWrUf95vxB You might already have seen this glacier on blogposts from 2016 (Following Rio Baker from Lago Bertrand to pirate cove), 2017 (Better than manjar!), 2018 (Los dos Geolocos meet another Rey), or 2020 (The best day of summer: 2km of CTD profiles, a…
3, 2, 1,… the activation code for the acoustic release is sent down 135 m of murky fjord water. Esperamos pero… nada. Nada, Noppes, Nothing. No surface buoy either. Ooooch. You might be wondering how we got here. Let us rewind a bit. Over the past 5 years, we – Seb’s Angels – have acquired…
After our first few days on Laacher See, we were already getting used to the survey life, which mainly consists of the following activities: Installing equipment such as seismic sources, receivers and transducers on the cataraft and the boat Managing and rolling up lots and lots of cables Solving GPS problems Checking the quality of…
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