Feb. 3, 2016
Due to some technical (or more accurately, human) difficulties, I did not get a chance to post a blog piece yesterday, so here are two today. Â First off, my new tag photo is me standing with “Safety Penguin”. Â He gets put by the gangway when the ship is in port so that visitors get a safety talk before being allowed on board (he currently resides on the upper deck, by our satellite dome). Â Yesterday we gave a tour to the All Girls high school in Mauritius. Â They were very attentive and interested, and found our current complement of scientists quite encouraging – 14 women (including me) and 16 men, with one of each for Chief scientists.