Cas Price Day 2 28.02.2013 1050 Wake up in the darkness of the cabin, scrambled for the phone to see what time it is. Eekkk! Its 1050. We have a science meeting at 1100. Jump out of the top bunk, chuck on clothes dash upstairs, quickly stopping at the mess for a quick cup of tea. Make it in time? 1100 Science meeting . A quick chat on how things are going and a brief about what the day is going to entail. Small discussion on the giant eddy we had been sampling in. Apparently previous studies have shown that Bass Straight waters have been detected in similar eddies. Bass Straight water has high salinity, but we won?t really know what the characteristics are of the eddy until the samples have been analysed- so a bit of a wait but it?s still exciting. That?s why I really like science- investigating and discovering. Being on the PM shift means, no CTD launch until 2030, but there?s plenty of zooplankton to be looked at. Although it is lunch time and with salmon on the menu, I?m sure the zooplankton won?t mind waiting. Sometime after lunch Hmm , looking at zooplankton under the microscope while underway, is a tad bit more tricky then anticipated. Look there?s a copepod, then comes the slow rolling of the ship, the copepod moves out of view and I?m staring down the microscope at seawater. Less seawater is the key I reckon. New sample with less seawater, this time there?s an array of zooplankton in all shapes sizes and colours. My favourite is a copepod, that?s vivid purple and pink. Copepods seem to dominate, but there are also some pterapods, molluscs and polychaete (worms). Spend an hour or two sketching and identifying zooplankton. The weather is starting to pick up and you can feel the ship heaving, back and forth with a slight side to side roll, perhaps it?s time to put pack up. 1700 Dinner. Due to the heaving seas, the ship has slowed down to around 6 knots. We are starting to fall being schedule and the next CTD launch is cancelled due to weather and time. The evening consists of reading a scientific paper (more like flicking through) and watching a DVD.