Sailing with Sidney pt. 2

Hey everyone! 

I am back on the R/V Point Sur with the DEEPEND crew! After sailing with everyone last fall on the first Deep-Sea Benefits cruise I am so grateful to be back out here again exploring the wild creatures of the deep on the 10th DEEEPEND|RESTORE cruise. While on the last cruise I was a master's student in Dr. Milligan's Seascape Ecology lab I have since then completed my degree and I know work full time in Dr. Sutton's Oceanic Ecology lab. My role for this cruise was more focused on helping things run smoothly in lab, training new students (Bianca and Emma) on the at sea database, and then I have also been practicing my taxonomic identification with Dr. Sutton on the family Sternoptychidae (Hatchetfishes). 

We've also seen things I haven't seen before at sea and its been so cool seeing such diversity from this cruise. My favorite catches from this cruise have been an Anoplogaster cornuta and a juvenile oarfish. 

Caption: Anoplogaster cornuta (Fangtooth; shown on the left); Juvenile Oarfish (shown on the right)

Aside from seeing all the cool organisms in our catches it has been so great to be with this amazing team of scientists and meeting new faces as well. From spending hours together picking thru samples to being able to watch the sunrise and sunset together its been amazing being a part of the DEEPEND family!

Thank you for reading and hopefully I will see you on the next cruise!

Sid