Yesterday we went out on the Sally Ann to swap the batteries on some offshore instrumentation. Despite some extremely dense fog that made navigating tricky we made some new friends! Both instruments were playing host to octopi that only left their homes inside the instrument after the instruments were hauled on deck. One octopus decided to make his great escape back to the ocean through the boat’s bilge pump. Luckily, Kent and Greg were able to save him and put him back in the water!
- A vector (used measure wave height and direction) ready to be deployed.
- Extremely dense fog stuck around almost the entire day!!!
- Octopus on the deck.
- Octopus starting his great escape!
- Kent and Greg trying to rescue him from the bilge.
- As soon as he got back in the water, he inked and swam away.
- Greg getting ready to collect the instruments (during a rare break in the clouds).