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Crusing the Mediterranean: a first-hand account of a month at sea – Part 3

November 4, 2015
Crusing the Mediterranean: a first-hand account of a month at sea – Part 3
R/V Minerva Uno during the port-call at Mahon (Menorca)

This is the final instalment of the adventures of Simona Aracri, a PhD student at University of Southampton, and her colleagues, who spent a month aboard a research vessel, cruising the Mediterranean Sea. Simona and the team of scientists aboard the boat documented their experiences via a blog and we’ve been sharing some highlights over the past few weeks. As we wave goodbye to the research ...[Read More]

Cruising the Mediterranean: a first-hand account of a month at sea – Part 2

October 21, 2015
Cruising the Mediterranean: a first-hand account of a month at sea – Part 2
Map of the locations sampled during the cruise in the Western Mediterranean.

This week we feature the second instalment in this series, which follows the adventures of Simona Aracri, a PhD student at University of Southampton, and her colleagues. as they spent a month aboard a research vessel, cruising the Mediterranean Sea. Simona and the team of scientists aboard the boat documented their experiences via a blog. This time we discover that chemists are always kept busy on ...[Read More]

Cruising the Mediterranean: a first-hand account of a month at sea – Part 1

October 14, 2015
Cruising the Mediterranean: a first-hand account of a month at sea – Part 1
Map of the locations sampled during the cruise in the Western Mediterranean.

Simona Aracri, a PhD student at University of Southampton, spent a month aboard the research vessel, R/V Minerva Uno, cruising the Mediterranean Sea. Simona and the team of scientists aboard the boat documented their experiences via blog. Over the coming weeks we’ll feature a few of the posts the team shared over the one month voyage: you can expect to find out what life aboard a large research ve ...[Read More]