Day 9 Wednesday October 5, 2011 02:14 GMT

The last day has been quite busy for us aboard the Brown.  We are just about finished with our stations across the Walvis Ridge, a unique topographical feature in the South Atlantic.  Due to its importance our stations were much closer together, and due to a ridge actually being an underwater range of mountains, they were much more shallow than normal.  This led to a rather large amount of work that needed to be done in a short amount of time.  There were times when as soon as sampling ended the rosette was going back into the water.

Now that things are starting to return back to our normal pace, the different science groups will have a little more time to process and prepare for the next station.

We also deployed GDP drifter number 3 and Argo float number 2.  Pictures were taken of these deployments so you can see how large the Argo floats are.

Since the sun isn't yet up for today, there isn't much of a weather report.  Yesterday was gray and overcast in the morning but the sun eventually made its way out.

Our progress is going well, we are almost at the Prime Meridian! 

Comments are now activated for the blog, so if you have any questions, scientific or otherwise, or any words of wisdom feel free to post. 

Thanks for reading!
-Elizabeth

If you are tracking our progress we are now at:
29 35.98 S   and   1 41.52 E

Below are some photos of:  a)Deploying a drifter, b) Preparing to deploy an Argo float, c) A cloudy sunrise, d) A nice picture of sunset in Cape Town