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		<title>Guest Post: BioArgo floats</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam</dc:creator>
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		<title>Guest Post: Inside a Copepod&#8217;s Gut.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Liam</dc:creator>
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		<title>Guest Post: More Air Sea Exchange.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Liam</dc:creator>
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		<title>Guest Post: RRS James Cook- A Hostile Environment (for Chemistry)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam</dc:creator>
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		<title>Guest Post: Extreme Air-Sea Exchange</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam</dc:creator>
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		<title>Satellite image: chlorophyll-a concentration</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<title>A Squid and A storm</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam</dc:creator>
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		<title>4am update</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<title>Early starts and storms</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<title>Guest Post: The Atlantic Gyres</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 09:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gavin Tilstone]]></category>
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		<title>Can you keep a lid on the squid?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 22:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam</dc:creator>
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		<title>Fun on the Cook.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam</dc:creator>
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		<title>Crossing the Line: Part One</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam</dc:creator>
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		<title>Squids in</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 11:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<title>The &#8216;Beasts&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam</dc:creator>
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		<title>Something for the Weekend.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam</dc:creator>
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		<title>Calibrations at Sunset</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam</dc:creator>
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		<title>AMT Science: Time for Tea.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam</dc:creator>
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		<title>Beast of the Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam</dc:creator>
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		<title>A Precious Resource</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam</dc:creator>
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		<title>Scientist 17 on AMT22</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liam</dc:creator>
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		<title>Satellite data for ship&#8217;s location</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1647</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[chlorophyll-a]]></category>
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		<title>Report from the ship&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1612</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Glen Tarran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Azores]]></category>
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		<title>AMT22 prepares to set sail</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1588</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly-Marie Davidson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Argo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARGO Float]]></category>
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		<title>Fly away home</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1573</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discovery]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Heathrow]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it’s Tuesday morning in Southern Chile, the sun is up, it’s cool and the shower at the hotel is freezing! But today the time has finally come to head home. Our flight is scheduled to leave Punta Arenas at 11.15 this morning and heading back first via Santiago and then Madrid, we will be back on British soil tomorrow afternoon at 16.30. I am really not looking forward to the flight as I seem to have an inability to sleep in the air; with the time difference it’s going to take 32 hours from the tarmac in Chile to the runway at Heathrow. However I am really ready to get back now, to quickly slip back into the regular routine of daily life and to soak up the unnaturally early Christmas spirit that seems to sweep the British Isles around early October every year!]]></description>
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		<title>It’s just got a little Chile!</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1565</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[condor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael Jackson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So departing the ship at 9.30pm doesn’t really give you all that much time to explore a place properly and see what it is really like. But after being confined on board for over 6 weeks this didn’t stop anyone from getting off and having a little explore. The port is right in the centre of Punta Arenas so within 10 minutes you can be walking around the central square and taking in the local sights.]]></description>
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		<title>So near and yet so far!</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1556</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1556#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anchor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gale force 10]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Purser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As we entered the Straits of Magellan yesterday morning the promise of dry land was a welcoming thought. And for a good part of the day it seemed likely that just after lunch we would dock and depart for our first foray into South America. I say seemed, because as we progressed through the straits, along the approximately 80 mile journey from the pilot pickup to the port, the weather conspired against us. To dock apparently the wind needed to be below 40 knots. Leaving the pilot station this seemed easy, the sun was up and it was a calm morning, if a little chilly.]]></description>
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		<title>Land Ahoy!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1546</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cape horn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Darwin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commesons dolphin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gas rig]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Straits of Magellan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a very distinct change in mood on board these past two days, science has finished, cruise report writing and packing is well underway and land has been getting tantalisingly close. We haven’t seen land since departing the Bristol Channel back on the evening of the 29th September, the last fleeting glimpse of terra firma was Lundy Island just off the north Devon coast, which at the time presented a stunning vista for the setting sun. Accompanied by our very own cetacean procession, we left UK coastal waters, and the haven offered by land, with the departing daylight 44 days ago.]]></description>
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		<title>Nearly there, but what about all the data</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1531</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rob Thomas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BODC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calibration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Data manager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fluorometry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salinity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Temperature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past 6 weeks we have each collected quite a lot of samples, which when processed will provide an awful lot of data. But what happens with all this data once it is processed? Obviously we will each have first access to our own data to do what we want with it, be it publish it in an article or present at scientific meetings. But the nature of the cruise means everyone’s data is in some way related, which when compared can provide a much bigger picture of biological, chemical and physical ocean processes. So just sitting on your own data and hiding it away would be a real waste, if you were to do this you may miss some patterns that would become apparent if you were to compare each other’s results. Whilst crucial to get the most out of the cruise, comparing data isn’t as simple as just emailing everyone your results; it takes some real co-ordination and organisation. Because of this we have had our very own data manager assigned to AMT21. Therefore I introduce Rob Thomas, he is our data manager on board, and is going to explain a little about his role.]]></description>
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		<title>What a difference a day makes</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1506</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[container]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cruise report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lay In]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So we have finished all science on board Discovery. All the samples have been analysed or stored and the scientific objectives for AMT21 have been achieved, but we are not due into Punta Arenas until Saturday evening at the very earliest, and it’s more likely to be Sunday. So with 4 days at sea with no science to fill you day what do you do?]]></description>
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		<title>So, what now?</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1497</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday morning the CTD arrived on deck, but this time with a few added extras. I know water is regulated on Discovery and therefore we should hold back on washing until we have a full load, yet it is really coming to something when the scientists feel it is necessary to wash their socks by sending them down to the depths. Unsurprisingly this isn’t a daily activity, the phenomenon of laundry adorning the rig only seems to occur when we are sampling down to 1,000 m! Quite peculiar.]]></description>
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		<title>Houston, we have had some problems</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1485</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laura Lubelczyk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bigelow Laboratory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calcite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chlorophyll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coccolithophores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[light levels]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being at sea can be especially frustrating, there are no local hardware shops to pop to, or technicians you can call out to fix your equipment, it’s all down to you. I’m really lucky, my sampling rig is about as simple as it gets, any problems are easy to fix and each day there is a lot of time when the rig isn’t being used if I needed to fix a problem. However as part of the AMT program there are a number of measures that are continuous, and far more technical, than anything I have to do. Therefore to explain about the constant struggle an underway system presents, I introduce Laura Lubelczyk from the Bigelow laboratory in Maine, in the United States.]]></description>
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		<title>Walk, or cruise, like an Egyptian</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1477</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alaa Younes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carbon dioxide]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting a spot on AMT isn’t as easy as just turning up in Avonmouth with a suitcase, some scientific equipment and an empty diary for 7 weeks. However, there are a number of different routes on board. For many people on Discovery the research they are undertaking forms a significant part of their core research, either as oceanography academics or PhD students. For others, like me, the berth was gained because the program has core measures that needed taking, and effectively I am acting as a technician to collect those samples without the worry of having to analyze the data at the end!  Additionally, over the past few years there has been an extra berth reserved for a visiting fellow. This fellowship is awarded by the Partnership for the Observation of the Global Ocean, or POGO. ]]></description>
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		<title>Life as the oxygen girls</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1473</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 12:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maria Aranguren-Gassis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday morning normal order was resumed. The winds dropped, the sea
became far calmer and we were able to sample again. Our avian escort
 also departed, I hope it’s not that they know something we don’t!
Now I never thought I would say this but I was really relieved to be
working, that even sounds a bit crazy when I read it back! But I can only
speak for myself as a British male on board Discovery, I’m not too sure
what life is like at sea for anyone else, especially a Spanish lady.
Therefore today’s guest bloggers are Elena García-Martin and Maria
Aranguren-Gassis from the University of Vigo in Northern Spain, and they
are going to explain what life on board is like for ladies from Spain.]]></description>
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		<title>Watch your head!</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1465</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note to one’s self, do not jump through a doorway when at sea in rough conditions. Second note, do not look up if you do, it ends badly. I this found out much to my detriment yesterday! I really should find a more constructive way to use my energy than always rushing around, but true to form whilst absentmindedly heading from my cabin to the lab I was doing just this, I also jumped through a door and then look up. Why? Why did I look up? What was I even looking for? It certainly wasn’t to end up sat on the deck, after having face-planting the deck head. I’m just glad no one was watching because that would have been pretty embarrassing!]]></description>
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		<title>Who doesn’t love a lay in?</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1455</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A wise man once said you should be careful what you wish for, I am now wishing he hadn’t, because I haven’t heard the end of it for the past two days! Virtually as soon as I had posted the blog on Wednesday 2nd November wishing to experience a true storm, our perfect record of 65 consecutive samples came to an abrupt end. ]]></description>
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		<title>With love Mari</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1447</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mari Muñoz Marin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cyanobacteria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flamenco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glucose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heterotrophic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photoautotrophic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prochlorococcus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst AMT involves researchers from a number of leading institutions around the UK, this scientific program also has a large international feel, with scientists from Romania, Egypt, Greece, Germany, Poland and the United States on board. But after the predominantly British contribution, there is a decidedly Spanish flavour to the scientific contingent on Discovery. So taking time out from her flamenco, our next guest blogger is Mari Muñoz Marin from Córdoba University, and she is going to explain a little about what she does on board.]]></description>
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		<title>Ocean wanderers</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1436</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cape Town]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Montevideo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tropic of Capricorn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wandering Albatross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In crossing the tropic of Capricorn, I thought this circle of latitude would merely represent a theoretical way point against which to further map our progress. This hasn’t quite been the case. The change was almost instantaneous, as if we had crossed from a sunny summer’s day into a pleasantly air conditioned room. The air temperatures fell away and the wind began to blow. This contrast in conditions was striking; after all we are supposedly still in the sub-topics, approximately level with Montevideo and Cape Town!]]></description>
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		<title>A southern hemisphere Halloween</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1429</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fancy dress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halloween]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Samhain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sweeny todd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trick or Treating]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was October 31st, and therefore Halloween. Children and adults alike, from Tokyo to Toronto, would have been carving pumpkins, dressing up and trying their luck with a spot of ‘trick or treating’. Yet whilst this festival is widespread throughout Europe, North America and parts of Asia, it seems it’s not celebrated worldwide. However after yesterday I can confirm this celebration is definitely practised in the Southern Atlantic!]]></description>
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		<title>Shooting plankton with lasers</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1421</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ross Holland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cyanobacteria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flow Cam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flow Cytometry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guitar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mandolin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microplankton net]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prochlorococcus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst for a few of the scientists on board this is our first cruise, or certainly our first cruise this year, for one lucky fellow this is just another day at the office! Therefore to explain a little about what he does, and explain why he’s always at sea, I introduce to you Ross Holland from the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton.]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving the tropics behind</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1410</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daylight savings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tropic of Capricorn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In life there are a number of things that are there to make our lives easier or more pleasurable. Two of these, well at least in my opinion, are technology and British farming. Each in their own right add a little something to day to day life. However this morning these two usual allies conspired against me in spectacular fashion, throwing routine out the window and making Sunday the 30th of October the most stressful morning in the past 31!]]></description>
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		<title>Can anyone smell smoke?</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1402</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1402#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 09:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency breathing device]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flammable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muster Drill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio de Janeiro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoke]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now there are a few things in life that really don’t mix very well, orange juice &#038; milk, socks &#038; sandals and early mornings &#038; me. However one I would like to add to this list is boats and fire. It’s not really something I thought about all too much before, I mean a fire on a boat? Surely not, seeing as boats tend to be surrounded by so much water! But in truth fire is probably the one of the greatest dangers to the safety of anyone onboard a boat. You can’t just make a 999 call, or step outside; the very thing that is keeping you afloat when on fire is the very same thing putting you in danger.]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes it’s all about communication</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1382</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1382#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acoustic release]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antarctic circumpolar current]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MI5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SAG mooring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Atlantic Gyre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sunrise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tenerife]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The routine on Discovery has been mixed up a little over the past 2 days. Firstly, as we are heading south the sunrise is getting earlier. Therefore to make sure we can sample pre-dawn (before the sun is up), this has meant the morning sampling has moved forward as well, to 4am instead of 4.30am! Thankfully however, this isn’t the end of the good news as it would be a shame to get it all at once. But because we start to head east towards Chile soon, 4am will likely become 3am as the sunrise gets earlier still, it’s these small rewards that make it all worthwhile!]]></description>
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		<title>Experiencing the Saharan Dust and Tropical Rains (again)</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1369</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1369#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chan Yodle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atmosphere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iodine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monkey Island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ozone layer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saharan dust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tropical rain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Being on a research ship in the middle of the Atlantic, it would be fair to assume that all the scientists on board are here to study the ocean. With so much sea water around what else could you possibly want to look at? Well are next guest blogger breaks the mould, either that or he got on the wrong ship in Avonmouth! Chan Yodle is a PhD student based at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and he is going to explain a little about why he feels like the “black sheep” of AMT21. ]]></description>
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		<title>Going, going, gone!</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1363</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[email]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[link]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satellite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southern Hemisphere]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So we’re now sat in the southern hemisphere, south of the equator and east of Brazil. The weather is very hot (because we’re still in the tropics), but it’s also very windy and there is a really noticeable swell that has materialised since crossing the line. Just getting around the ship feels like cross country training! Yet, nothing has really changed on board apart from the psychological advantage of being on the return leg, oh and we have completely lost the internet!]]></description>
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		<title>Bandages, our current baring and the bridge.</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1356</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Norrish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hospital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical officer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navigation officer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so we are on a ship in the middle of nowhere, literally! If we wanted to get to anywhere other than our next sampling point, such as a port for example, it would most likely take a good 3 days steaming to even get close. This is the reason that to take part on the cruise it was vital that you passed a medical. But what if you still get ill at sea, or injure yourself, who would you go to? It’s safe to say you could do worse than speaking to the ships navigation officer, at least he would know where we are, and just how far away help might be! ]]></description>
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		<title>Who is Joe Snow?</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1348</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Gallienne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Snow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fixation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LiZA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Low nutrients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nitrogen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phosphate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plankton net]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trichodesmium]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the key parts of AMT is that scientists from many institutions, from all over the world, have contributed to this important programme to help us understand a little more about the health of the Atlantic Ocean. With so many different researchers taking part it ensures that the science carried out on board Discovery is as diverse as possible. This gives us the best possible insight into the health of this vast ocean, and it ensures AMT is a vital resource for many different scientific fields. Our next guest blogger is Joe Snow, he is a PhD student at the National Oceanographic Centre (Southampton) and he is going to explain a little about what he does whilst on board.  ]]></description>
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		<title>I just want to chill out</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1340</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air-conditioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fresh water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rosemary connelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tropics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water maker]]></category>

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		<title>Catch me if you can</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1334</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crossing the Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[king Neptune]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polliwogs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a child I was rather fond of hide and seek, this seemed one of the only situations as a small child where being smaller than average, but decidedly quicker, played right into my hands. ]]></description>
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		<title>True south</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1315</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crossing the Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eqcuador]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it’s a Friday morning on board Discovery, but this one is unlike any other that we have experienced so far. There are no fish and chips to look forward to tonight, no muster drill after lunch and, perhaps most significantly, the afternoon sampling has been canceled!]]></description>
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		<title>Burning seas</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1309</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laura Lubelczyk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bioluminescence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Columbus]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Navigation lights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After another long day of work yesterday, at 8 pm I decided it was time to call it quits and head for my bed. This is one routine that I usually have nailed and one that doesn’t often get interrupted, brush teeth, lights out and sleep (having got up at 4am this last bit comes incredibly easily). Last night the plan was all coming together, and having just got into bed I was ready and willing to accept my fate and head off into the land of dreams. Yet at precisely that moment something really strange happened, the phone in my cabin rang. I didn’t even know I had a phone!]]></description>
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		<title>Primary production at late notice</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1300</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Rees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Denise Cummings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon dioxide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liquid scintillation counter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photosynthesis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was asked to come on AMT, back at the end of June, I thought I must surely be the last scientific crew member assigned to the ship because for such a long trip that really wasn’t much notice. Yet as it turns out I had a whole two months extra notice compared to my next guest blogger Denise Cummings, who didn’t find out until 3 weeks before we left! ]]></description>
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		<title>A steward&#8217;s life at sea</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1286</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jeffrey Orsborn]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ships steward]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most amazing things on board Discovery is I seem to get out of bed at 4am, bleary eyed and semi conscious, I throw on some clothes, brush my teeth and leave my room with my bed looking like it was the scene of the world Greco-roman wrestling championships (incidentally it was not, they were held in Istanbul, in Turkey, back in September). Yet when I return at around 8.30, having had a hearty cooked breakfast, my bed looks fit for a military inspection and the best bit is I haven’t played any part in its transformation.]]></description>
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		<title>The really wild show</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1269</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 05:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Snow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cape Verde Islands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flying fish]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems on board Discovery wildlife is a little like the buses in the UK. It takes 12 days before you see something of note, or at least something other than Trichodesmium! And then two new species turn up in 24 hours. ]]></description>
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		<title>Flying visit</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1259</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 10:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flying fish]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So its 10 days since we passed the Azores and thus 10 days since our brief, albeit distant and mist shrouded, rendezvous with land that these islands offered. Since heading across the Canary basin and then the tropic of Cancer, it’s fair to say the weather has been unsettled. We’ve had rain accompanied by strong winds as well as blisteringly warm sunshine. Yet whilst the weather has been changeable, the lack of any wildlife of note has been very consistent, well that was until yesterday!]]></description>
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		<title>Gym’ll fix it!</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1250</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cross trainer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it’s the morning after the night before! Granted its 4 hours since we all got up so it feels a little like mid day, but you get my drift. After the festivities of yesterday, and the delightful cake made for Vas’s birthday we are now faced with a dilemma, and it’s a dilemma that seems to be a daily occurrence!]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday Vas!</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1239</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amanda Beesley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vassilis Kitidis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happy birthday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ralph Lauren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shaznay Lewis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trousers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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! ]]></description>
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		<title>What, are you NUTS!</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1230</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amanda Beesley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auto-analyser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nitrate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nitrite]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Entering the tropics</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1220</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar noon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tropic of Cancer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Like most people I kind of muddled through school, I didn’t excel at anything in particular and I didn’t fail anything either. There were a few questions that continued to puzzle me though. Why do we have to do trigonometry and what is its purpose in life (apart from to confuse children from the age of 13 until 16, at which point they will just forget it and move on anyway), why will understanding the underlying message in Macbeth prepare me for the wider world and just what are those two lines that circle the earth on every map, each side of the equator?]]></description>
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		<title>Motion of the ocean</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1212</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canary Islands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sea Sickness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having passed through the Canary basin over a day ago I thought the impact of this group of islands on our voyage would be well and truly over. But yesterday afternoon, even though we are over 800 miles away, was proven quite wrong. This is because yesterday morning a small submarine volcanic eruption occurred (at a depth of 900 m) in the Canary Islands, just 7 km off the shores of El Hierro which is both the southern and western most island in this chain of Spanish islands. Whilst we didn’t see anything or hear anything, by the afternoon we could certainly feel something!]]></description>
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		<title>Unidentified Floating Object</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1203</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Gallienne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beagle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a scientist I have always wondered what it would have been like to experience the very early days of what is really modern day exploration. Whilst it’s easy to sit in the comfort of my own air conditioned cabin, listening to my music, dreaming up an idealistic view of scientific endeavour in the 17th, 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, I’m well aware that the reality of these journeys are far from the rosy pictures I conjure up. Yet, this doesn’t stop me wondering! ]]></description>
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		<title>A step back in time</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1198</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 10:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[atlantis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canary basin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning marked two significant changes, firstly we deployed our first deep cast sample. Up until now the deepest we have been sending the rosette sampler down was to 500m. However this morning it went down to 1000m, a small change but one that signified an extra 20 minutes in bed, bonus! Secondly as we continue to head west across the Atlantic we have been crossing through different international time zones, just as you do when heading on holiday, and therefore the clocks went back an hour on ship for the second time in a week, meaning an extra hour in bed, double bonus!! ]]></description>
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		<title>Total immersion</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1191</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1191#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 08:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In true AMT tradition routine was the rule of the day yesterday. But being a Friday this could mean only two things, fish &#038; chips and muster drill. Whilst Friday fish and chips need no further explanation, being a basic human right just like health care and good sanitation, muster drill seemed more like the dentist or driving lessons, completely necessary but not all that much fun!]]></description>
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		<title>A little more CBeeBies than science</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1184</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst I’ve explained a little bit about why having 21 scientists at sea for 46 days, with daily 4.30am starts to boot, isn’t quite as crazy as it may first appear, obviously every single one of us is here to achieve their own objectives, and investigate their own questions. I’m hoping some of the other guys on board might plead their case for sanity in due course, outlining what they are doing specifically and why. But given the privileges associated with being the resident blogger on the Discovery, I thought I should go first.]]></description>
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		<title>Are we nearly there yet?</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1175</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Azores]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems too good to be true, heading towards land once again, only 40 miles off shore, and a real sense of accomplishment spreading. But unfortunately, that’s because it is!]]></description>
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		<title>So what&#8217;s for tea?</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1165</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[breakfast]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I suppose in writing this blog I am hoping to offer a small insight into life on board a research ship, from the view of someone who has never been to sea before. What life is like, what people get up to when they are doing research and what there is to do when they are not? Given this, I think there is something I haven’t yet mentioned which may be a slight oversight given it drives everybody’s daily routine, from the Captain down to a lowly PhD student filtering sea water, and that’s food.]]></description>
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		<title>Who turned off the lights!</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1155</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So just when is it decided that it’s sunny? I thought that if you can see the sun, it’s sunny, but apparently not! I know I’m British, and this means I’m less qualified than most to decide (in the UK it’s sunny if you’re not wearing a coat!), but surely sun is sun!]]></description>
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		<title>Stowaways, passing ships and sunrise.</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1143</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 09:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[continental shelf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dolphin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Traveling around 15,000 miles from the UK to Chile in a boat, I suppose you can expect to see a lot of the sea and the sky! Although I thought this would be pretty much all we would see for the 7 weeks.  The Atlantic is a barren place, it’s generally very deep (exceedingly so in places with the Puerto Rico trench dropping to over 8000m), and when you’re in the middle it’s a long way to get to anywhere, the ocean just has an unimaginable amount of open space.]]></description>
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		<title>Another day, another pre-dawn cast!</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1121</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 10:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atlantic ocean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atlantic ocean volume]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[4am came again this morning and it was time to wearily roll out of bed for another day (it’s going to get some getting used to, getting up so early!). However, there should be a pattern emerging here, as every day for the next 39 days it’s a 4am start for 4.30am sampling, followed by an afternoon sample at 1pm. ]]></description>
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		<title>The real science begins!</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1115</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 08:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Glen Tarran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dolphins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rosette sampler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Temperature]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok so if you asked me a week ago would I be glad to be getting up at 4am, in the dark, with it raining and a little windy I would have said no, a big no in fact, I couldn’t think of much worse! But come 4am yesterday I was glad, glad we were finally underway and doing what we are at sea to do.]]></description>
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		<title>Departures, dry runs and dolphins!</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1106</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1106#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Rees]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So yesterday finally marked our departure from Avonmouth and AMT21 was officially underway, much to the delight of both Andy Rees the AMT program manager and Glen Tarran the principle scientific officer on board! ]]></description>
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		<title>Last morning on land</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1099</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1099#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Avonmouth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Departure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RSS Discovery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst Avonmouth docks isn’t the most picturesque of settings I have been lucky enough to watch sunrise, this morning it seemed to present a slightly more striking scene as it represents the last morning we will spend moored up, and therefore the last chance to see the sun rise over Discovery, or over land for that matter, for 46 days.]]></description>
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		<title>Off to Avonmouth</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1080</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1080#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So 7.30 came this morning and it was finally time to depart for Avonmouth, where the ship is docked and waiting to depart.]]></description>
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		<title>Trunks not needed!</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1070</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1070#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fresh water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ginger biscuits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[packing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So with only 4 days until we head off to Bristol it’s time to start packing, but when spending 7 weeks at sea what do you take?]]></description>
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		<title>Say aaaaaah…</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1038</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1038#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dental]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Can you take a deep breath in, and then blow out as hard as you can trying to empty your lungs as quickly as possible?”]]></description>
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		<title>T minus 20</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1021</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1021#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Ellis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT21]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[americas's cup]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it’s just after 9 am on a gloomy Plymouth morning, a light fog is covering the sound and a small fleet of brightly coloured, wing-sailed multihulls are tuning up between Drake’s island and the break water.]]></description>
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		<title>BBC Question Time</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1009</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1009#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 16:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ella Darlington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the article on the BBC World website we have recieved and answered questions from the general public. I have added a selection of them below.]]></description>
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		<title>A Day on the Bridge</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1003</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/1003#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ella Darlington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bridge is the command centre of the ship. The officers on watch have responsibility for driving the ship, navigation and keeping track of deck operations. The day is split into 6 shifts, with each officer taking two of them. Chief officer Richard works the 4-8, 2nd officer Malcolm works 12-4, and Euan 3rd officer is on watch between 8-12. This is a 24 hour operation, with the Master, Peter, on the bridge when necessary, normally during busy periods such as CTD operations. 

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		<title>A Sailors Tail</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/997</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/997#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ella Darlington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week I was sticking up the blog in the corridor outside the labs. When asked ‘What are you doing?’ I simply replied ‘putting the blog on the wall’ to which I got ‘there are no walls on ships!’ hollered at me! Walls are in fact called bulkheads on ships. So it got me thinking, what are the other terms out there with a maritime alternative. One coffee break later with the deck crew and engineers I was well on my way learning the maritime lingo!
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		<title>Life at Sea- Master Peter Sarjeant</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/988</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/988#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ella Darlington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMT20]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today we have a very special blog entry. I hold great pleasure in handing over to the Master of RRS James Cook, Peter Sarjeant. As the Master, or Captain, Peter holds a positon of great responsibility, overseeing all the operations on board the ship. It is because of him, and his fantastic team that we are here in the middle of the South Atlantic. I will now hand over…

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		<title>Another day in Paradise</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/980</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/980#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ella Darlington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday 15th November 2010, I will start at the beginning of the day.

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		<title>Mooring News</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/970</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/970#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 22:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ella Darlington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[T’was a Friday, and all was calm. Breakfast was unusually quiet, what was wrong!? The science technicians on the other hand had been having a busy morning. We had reached the site of the South Atlantic Gyre (SAG) mooring site. This meant no pre-dawn CTD, but a hectic day on the aft deck.

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		<title>BBC World Service Article Publication!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/967</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/967#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ella Darlington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday 11th November, just two weeks until we reach Punta, and science is back in full flow. An early start for all; now we only have one pre-dawn CTD at 4.30am, so no more 6am lie ins to sample the second one!

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		<title>Why sample the deep blue?</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/960</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/960#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ella Darlington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Satellites are part of our everyday life, for mobile phone conversations, sat nav, weather forecasts... the list is endless really. Out here we receive three sets of images a week for sea surface temperature (SST) and chlorophyll from the National Earth Observation Data Archive and Analysis Service (NEODAAS) at Plymouth Marine Laboratories. The SST image is awash with colour, painting the Atlantic Ocean as a rainbow. However, the chlorophyll is a complete contrast, making the ocean look like a blue desert. If that’s really the case then why are we spending 6 weeks, sampling for biology in a desert!?

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		<title>Reflections from a month at sea</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/949</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/949#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ella Darlington</dc:creator>
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		<title>Quick stop, off Ascension Island</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/943</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/943#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 07:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ella Darlington</dc:creator>
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		<title>Cumpleaños feliz</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/935</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/935#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 07:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ella Darlington</dc:creator>
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		<title>Is our water draining the other way?</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/931</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/931#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 23:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ella Darlington</dc:creator>
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		<title>Crossing The Line</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/921</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/921#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ella Darlington</dc:creator>
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		<title>King Neptune is Coming&#8230;!</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/911</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/911#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ella Darlington</dc:creator>
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		<title>Trick or Treat- Halloween Special!</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/914</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/914#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ella Darlington</dc:creator>
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		<title>A Helping Hand in the Engine Room: Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/898</link>
		<comments>http://www.amtblog.org.uk/index.php/898#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 10:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ella Darlington</dc:creator>
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