Rob Polmear - Day 2 Today seemed a little easier than the previous day. It was mainly due to weather conditions. The captain had decided that it was unsafe to perform any CTD, XBT, and plankton net deployments and so station 6 was cancelled. However we were able to do station 5 just before the weather got too bad. It was actually quite fun on the back deck launching XBTs in the wind and rain. The wave action made it hard at times but we managed to do a very efficient and successful deployment. I also got to learn more about the particular sampling methods from the niskin bottle including O2 and nutrients. The afternoon went fast as the swell increased. I attempted to identify some key species in phytoplankton samples but found it challenging and felt a bit sick. After that I went for dinner but felt to sick and had to go and lie down, which pretty much concluded my day as I didn't wake till morning. A note on the others health.... it seemed that about half the group is either in bed sick or pushing themselves to help and running off to throw-up. Today was short hopefully tomorrow the weather improves. See ya rob