Three weeks on the Barents Sea
A very delayed post, but I have been super busy since getting back to work!! So I apologize in advance for a poor post. For the third year in a row I have traveled to Svalbard to start out on a three week tokt in the Barents Sea. This year was my favorite yet because of several reasons (see below), but it makes a HUGE difference to be put on day shift (6AM-12PM, 6PM-12AM) as opposed to night shift. Here are a few highlights... Longyearbyen, Svalbard Research Vessel "Johan Hjort" - home for 23 days We were delayed the start of the tokt, so we enjoyed a night out getting to know our colleagues and crew in Longyearbyen. And when we set out we had some nice views of the landscape... Capelin / Lodde - target species for this leg of the Barents Sea Ecosystem Survey These two were the largest individuals (20cm and 60g) - not very big fish, but a key species. Deep Vision: A camera box attached to the mouth of the trawl which takes pictures of fish ent