Black Sea 2007, Day 5
At 7pm (Local time, by the way we were 6 hours ahead of the East coast, but then we passed through a time zone, and now we’re 7 hours ahead. Boy this is a really long comment on this subject. Maybe Parenthesis weren’t appropriate. Oh, well) we had a science meeting to discuss where we were going and what we are going to do when we get there. It just so happens that during our meeting we were passing by the volcano pictured above.
The volcano is named Strombolli. There’s a volcanic activity named after this volcano, because it’s so unusual. It was pretty cool, considering it’s always smoking, and every once in a while it belches out this tremendous cloud of smoke.
The plan is this: We go to the Sea of Crete, just south of Santorini (where we were last year, in the caldera) and we’ll do some Multi-beam and exploration with Hercules and Argus. Then, we don’t know what we’re going to do. The plan, originally, was to go to the Black Sea off of Ukraine and then off of Turkey.
Well, see, here’s the thing: The Captain of our NATO ship and NATO don’t like the fact we’re going near/in a section of the Black Sea which used to be filled with underwater mines. Now, we went there last year with the RV Endeavor. We saw the warnings on the map, but had no problems, didn’t see any mines, and the Ukrainian government said the area is clear. So, we’re probably not going to the Ukraine.
Second, when you go to explore the body of water that boarders a country, you need to get permission from that country so you don’t violate any laws. It seems, even though we’ve been planning this trip for quite some time, that we don’t actually HAVE that permission. Oops!
posted by DaveandBrian @ 5:50 AM
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