Survival

Date: 2011/10/04

Time: 23:07:08 GMT

Latitude: 31 ° 29.77734 N

Longitude: 117 ° 0.033 W

We're a few hours out of port and have several days to go before we get on site. Like 5 days or so. Five days. Today we're focused on getting our sea legs and learning the ins and outs of how live on Atlantis. In addition to meeting the crew and going through basic safety training, we had a fire drill and a man overboard drill, part of which included a survival suit fashion show (see photo of Julie fashioning her gumby suit). The ping pong table has been set up to help make the transit more exciting, and we've scheduled a tour of the engine room in a couple of days. Tomorrow we'll have our first science meeting where we'll start planning the details of our ROV operations. Although things are slow now, we'll be in work mode before we know it. For now, we can take a breath, catch up on work, and continue to steam on...