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...
Published in: | Oceanography |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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The Oceanography Society
2015
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2015.20 https://doaj.org/article/d899ecad89014da1a77f22022521cd6c |
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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