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Fairweather in Fog

August 6, 2019

The other day while on a survey launch, we came upon NOAA Ship Fairweather as fog was rolling in.

Photo: Meg Stewart

A day out on a launch will go from about 8:30am to about 4:30pm but sometimes an hour or so later. If the Alaskan weather is cooperating, the hydrographers want to do as much as they can while out on the launch. Once surveying is complete for the day, the hydrographer in charge has to close up and save the project. Then data get transferred to the larger workstations and shared drive on the Fairweather.

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