The last three days of the cruise went very smoothly: we collected in-water data at 13 stations along what's called the "J Line." According to oceanographer lore, this track that runs along the central Gulf of Maine was named by Henry Bryant Bigelow, who later became the founding director of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.

Our main in-water package ("CTD" >>>), which measures temperature and salinity at depth, made use of many "hands." It is deployed and retrieved using a mechanical winch. Our volunteer student helpers, Barbara and Alison (<<<), helped safely guide the CTD on and off the ship, both day and night.