Day 1: Leaving Glasgow, woohoo!

The Changing Oceans Expedition is underway! At 6pm, the RRS James Cook cast off from Govan, and headed west along the River Clyde. In 20 hours’ time we will arrive at Mingulay and the science will start!

The Master Plan!

Team coral making plans

Work on the ROV continues, and we have a new sail date of tomorrow. This has allowed us some extra time to make sure everything is perfect onboard the ship, and a few last minute trips to B&Q!

All aboard!

Today was yet another day of unpacking and organising - mobilising the ship takes a lot of hands on deck. The ROV (remotely operated vehicle) team have been busy checking and double checking everything - everything needs to be perfect before the robot can descend to 1000 m!