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Thursday - September 12, 1996

At Home...At Sea...Another Perspective A day or so ago this Journal published Matt Johnson’s observations on some differences between living at home and living at sea. Your correspondent thinks you may be interested in reasons that things in the list are the way they are. (continued... )	The submersible JASON sits on deck after being brought up around noon on the 11th - it will be re-launched at the Floc Site tomorrow		A Day On The Ship In a single daytime I drove the ship, piloted JASON, ate dinner with the captain, watched an "Indiana Jones" movie, had a chat with the Cheif scientist, and helped to publish the September 12th issue of the Thompson Times. (continued...)
Take The Elevator... Our use of Jason includes getting many rock samples. It would be a terrible waste if we spent most of the time bringing Jason up every time it became too heavy with rocks. So we employ - an elevator to "carry" our samples and instruments to the ship! (continued...)	Halfway Through - By BDR Your correspondent feels obligated to explain some of the more bizarre happenings out here--in spite of considerable editorial pressure not to do so. Stick with me. I may get this past the editor in cheif. The subject is Hump Day--as in half way to the end--and over The Hump. Calculations of this moveable feast--and it is sometimes celebrated informally with something special in the messroom--are not to be found in any calendar. Instead they are done on board. By someone with little else to do except display his or her arithmetic ability to an astonishing degree. (continued... )	Scientific Highlights by Mike Hutnak ROV Used as Battering Ram - The chief scintist Paul Johnson beams as rock samples are brought on board. Roughly 10 separate samples were collected throughout the Floc Site. (continued... )

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