Tuesday,
We are almost to Italy!! Our transit began Sunday evening from Heraklion, Greece and we will arrive in Palermo, Italy tomorrow morning.
Today we woke up at 7 AM to a delicious breakfast and an anchored ship. Since the Mediterranean was so smooth, the Captain announced a swim call. This was a great break for the crew in between tons of training and getting ready for the first expedition tomorrow. Tom (the AMAZING photographer on board) took pictures of us jumping off the deck of the ship. Some of the ship's crew judged everyone's dives (or belly flops..) The water was so clear, calm, and blue! Mrs. Duffy and I even went for a ride around the ship in the emergency life raft with some of the crew. We have seen so many dolphins around the ship- even a whale! This evening we watched the sunset from the bow of the ship as we sailed through the Straits of Messina. It was so gorgeous with Sicily on one side of us and the "boot" of Italy on the other side.
After dinner, I had more training to become a data logger. I learned how to capture images from the video feed of the ROVs, log data in the control van, and create dive logs. Right now Mrs. Duffy is giving her first audio-only discussion to Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut.
Tomorrow we are hoping to do the first dive in the afternoon.- check Nautiluslive.org around lunch time to see what's going on!
Courtney
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