Emily Panietz - 28/02/2013 (Please see bottom of page for acronyms) One boat, fourteen crewmembers, two leading scientists and nine student scientists are aboard the South Surveyor for the next 5 days. At breakfast the crew seem at home, which is the polar opposite of the scientists. The ship is filled with nervousness and excitement for the adventure we are about to embark on. After 2 hours of inductions and emergency drills we all wave goodbye and take our last photos of Sydney. The first shift of students, including myself, is eager and ready before we arrive at our first station. Once we arrive at our first station all five students magically turn into toddlers not knowing what to do, where to stand and most obviously not knowing how to walk. Some find their sea legs quickly and transform back into the Master students that we are. I on the other hand realise I forgot to pack my sea legs and already start to feel seasick. With a lot of help from the crew we manage to sample with the CTD, CPR, XBT and plankton net within a few hours at the first station. Feeling more confident we all fly through our jobs at the second station and most are excited to see dinner ready. Feeling more and more seasick I skip dinner and instead try to sleep it off. CTD = Conductivity, temperature and depth recorder. CPR = Continuous plankton recorder XBT = Expendable BathyThermograph