These monitors are in the main lab area and they control all of the science equipment on the boat. There is a camera view from the back of the ship where sediment coring and water sampling is done, a screen for meteorology, and another for mapping that tells which direction the boat is heading and how long until the next station.

There have been plenty of jellyfish floating alongside the boat today!

This is the inside of the clean lab (the outside is picture below) which is located on the back deck of the ship. The clean lab is sterile and has hepa filtered air so there are no particles floating around. To enter the clean lab, special shoes, gloves, head covers, and tyvex gowns must be worn to avoid contamination of any samples. Water sampling, filtration, and also zooplankton samples will be handled here.

Unloading and setting up lab spaces.

Will is bringing the incubation chambers to the upper deck.