{"id":1209,"date":"2013-09-21T16:17:12","date_gmt":"2013-09-21T20:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noaacoastsurvey.wordpress.com\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2013-09-21T16:17:12","modified_gmt":"2013-09-21T20:17:12","slug":"noaa-ship-rainier-plus-enthusiastic-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/noaa-ship-rainier-plus-enthusiastic-students\/","title":{"rendered":"NOAA Ship Rainier + enthusiastic students = future hydrographers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cold Bay Elementary School students visit the NOAA Ship Rainier<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nOn September 13, NOAA Ship Rainier<\/em><\/a> began surveying Cold Bay, its fourth project of the summer. Cold Bay is a small town on the Aleutian Peninsula approximately 540 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. The town currently has approximately 88 full-time residents and boasts an airport with one of the longest runways in Alaska.
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\nOn September 19, after deploying her launches for the day, officers and crew welcomed aboard the entire Cold Bay Elementary School – all eight students, teaching assistant Mrs. Lyons, and their teacher, Mrs. Burkhardt. The students are currently between fourth and seventh grade and go to school in a state-of-the-art, two-room school-house.
\nDuring the tour, the students learned about driving the ship and making nautical charts. They saw how sonars work, and they even used a sediment sampler to determine the seafloor composition.
\nThe students were full of questions and enjoyed learning about life on a ship. They also captured the admiration of Rainier<\/em>‘s commanding officer. “When Cold Bay residents describe their town, they can also boast of wonderful elementary school students who have a desire to explore new things,” explained Cmdr. Rick Brennan. “One of the great things about working on a NOAA ship is the opportunity to meet students like this. Combining our love of the sea with their enthusiasm for learning — that’s where America’s future hydrography starts.”
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This student is ready to work!<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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The group examines bottom samples collected by the Rainier<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\"Cmdr.<\/a>
Cmdr. Rick Brennan explains how davits work.<\/p>\n
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Cmdr. Brennan with friends — and potential future hydrographers.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On September 13, NOAA Ship Rainier began surveying Cold Bay, its fourth project of the summer. Cold Bay is a small town on the Aleutian Peninsula approximately 540 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. The town currently has approximately 88 full-time residents and boasts an airport with one of the longest runways in Alaska.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,20],"tags":[109,233,234],"class_list":["post-1209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-2","category-rainier","tag-alaska","tag-cold-bay","tag-rick-brennan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}