Dive Tender

When available I am a dive tender that motors the divers where they want to dive and helps them get into and out of the water. Here two of the divers are getting the Zodiac ready.

Launching the Zodiac.

Chuck and his group work out of the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a science project collecting and studying marine life.. 

A fine iceberg.

Divers getting ready. All on the boat are divers for the science investigation. When not diving they investigate their findings and teach at UAB.

Castle Iceberg.

Back onboard. The dry suits keep them dry but not warm in the 34 degree f degree water.

The boat house on the left and dive house on the right.

The Lawrence M. Gould returning. They are "fishing" for three weeks in the local waters. They return occasionally to deliver their catch for the station's aquariums.

The fine bow line team.

Freshies being delivered.

Lisa delivering the freshies up to the galley deck with her Skytrack. 

Everyone available moves them into the cooler.

Milk and juices.

Another job is maintaining the station's Automatic Identification System (AIS) that is used by all of Palmer's boats to identify them and their location. The general boating area is enclosed in red. The Lawrence M. Gould icon can be seen at Palmer on the map. Almost all ships and many smaller boats in the world use AIS.

Another visit by the Gould. 

A blue lagoon.