About the Cruise

Dates: March 15 - April 1, 2004
Leaving from: Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Returning to: Manzanillo, Mexico
Research Vessel: Atlantis
Operations: Alvin dives, nighttime gravity coring
Site: 9 degrees North, East Pacific Rise

About Me


Name: Katie Inderbitzen
Purpose on cruise: Heading up gravity coring operations
Age: 23
Occupation: Graduate Student in Marine Science/Geology
Advisor: Rachel Haymon
Affiliated with: UC Santa Barbara
Alma Mater: U of Miami, FL

Cruise FAQs

Why choose 9N?
What are the Atlantis and Alvin?
What is your project on this cruise?

Cruise Related Links

Official Cruise Website
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute: home of Atlantis and Alvin
Katie's Home Page
RIDGE 2K Program

Other Online Expeditions

The JASON Project
Dive and Discover

Sponsoring Agencies

NSF

March 12, 2004


One day left!!!
Tomorrow night I leave for Costa Rica!!! I'm very excited...but am trying to get lots of things done before I go.

I do not know my shipboard email address yet. However, I will try to get it posted on here so that you all can ask me questions.

Wish me luck!!

March 8, 2004


Update
One week left until I leave for Costa Rica to meet up with the Atlantis!! I'm getting very excited...I hope you are too!!

I will not have time to set up a comments script for questions while I am at sea, however I will post my shipboard email as soon as I know what it is. Then you'll be able to ask me questions!

February 24, 2004


New Website!
Welcome to Voyage to the Deep, a weblog detailing my upcoming research cruise to the East Pacific Rise! Stay tuned for more updates soon!