melville



Shiki Machida

midnight to noon shift

crew member Paul Shute doing the important job of sorting the trash


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more warning signs

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being on deck while a dredge is on the bottom can be dangerous so signs are posted

readings from the tension monitors.

the message board in the main science lab was used to comunicate between shifts and to joke.

more message board

Amy taking a nap

Adam and his broken dredg

Adam trying to get his stuck dredge off the bottom

Katy, Tammy, and Amy waiting for Adams "broken dredge to come up.

Dredge is out of the water.


Tammy signaling the wench opperator to stop the wench.

bring in the dredge

bring in the dredge

Bringing in the dredge


Matt pulling in the line.

dredge is on deck

Tammy opperating the Alaska frame.

examining dredge basket

collecting rocks from dredge.

Sorting the rocks on deck.


sorting rocks

rock sorting

rock sorting

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Turning the dredge upside down to empty it.


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Tammy and Teru fixing the dredge


Rock sorting


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