An Old Salt Retires

In September and October 2012, R/V Knorr operated in the North Atlantic to deploy autonomous platforms that would collect measurements over the following year for the first phase of the Salinity Processes in the Upper-ocean Regional Study (SPURS-1). When the ship was retired in late 2014, after 44 y...

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Published in:Oceanography
Main Author: Raymond Schmitt
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Oceanography Society 2015
Subjects:
R/V Knorr
Woods Hole
Emerson Hiller
Oceanography
GC1-1581
Emerson
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2015.20
https://doaj.org/article/d899ecad89014da1a77f22022521cd6c
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Summary:In September and October 2012, R/V Knorr operated in the North Atlantic to deploy autonomous platforms that would collect measurements over the following year for the first phase of the Salinity Processes in the Upper-ocean Regional Study (SPURS-1). When the ship was retired in late 2014, after 44 years of oceanographic service, a plaque on the bridge (see above, right) still displayed the vessel’s motto, "Sal sume sub sole," which was provided by Emerson Hiller, the first captain.

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