Friday, February 15, 2008

2/15/08, 4:00pm, Dutch Harbor

We had a good morning. One word can describe the weather: snow (and lots of it). Visibility is poor and we suspect that no planes are getting in today. In fact, we are damn lucky to have gotten in ourselves. This morning our USCG guide, Charlie, got us onto a 240 foot pollock processor boat, the Starbound. Thanks Charlie! We were able to talk to the captain, who was very informative and who gave us his thoughts on the effects of fishery policy on vessel behavior. This is crucial information for our research. We also ate lunch on the boat (pretty good food) and were given a complete tour of the vessel from the helm to the engine spaces. We are still hoping to tour a crab boat. We are also hoping for better weather (for a variety of reasons, but mostly so that we can get off the island on Sunday).

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