AMT Blog

With 47 people on board for 7 weeks, chances are there was always going to be a birthday. Well statistically we are due 5.92 birthdays, but so far I only know of 2 so I might need to volunteer to have one as well. With early starts and repetitive days any excuse for a celebration is a welcome one!

Getting up at 4.30 every morning to sample seawater is bad enough, but you’d have to be pretty crazy to get up an hour earlier just to prepare to take water! Then to sample every bottle, well you’d have to be completely nuts. Luckily for us Amanda Beesley fits the bill perfectly, saving anyone else this onerous task. So I thought who better to kick off our first spot as a guest blogger to explain a little about their science.