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Written by Marianna Karagiannis It's already been a full week since we woke up at 3:30 am to drive to San Diego and load up the ship. Time flies! It's been smooth sailing so far, which I am incredibly grateful for as I am quite prone to seasickness. Why I decided to become an oceanographer while knowing this about myself is a mystery, but being out here in the ocean is so magical that I think it's worth it! As long as I have a steady supply of medication and ginger chews. Our

Open Pacific ahead! We're off! 🤩 For the next six weeks, we'll be at sea on the RV Kilo Moana thanks to the irreplaceable US National Science Foundation (NSF). We're headed to an anoxic zone on the Pacific coast of Mexico, investigating how this environment preserves huge quantities of organic carbon, and why that might be a story about sulfur. 💛 Everything is off the dock! Somehow, three truckloads fit on board.