{"id":257,"date":"2015-06-23T05:59:35","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T05:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/hobitss2\/?p=257"},"modified":"2015-06-23T05:59:35","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T05:59:35","slug":"meet-tom-the-token-kiwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/hobitss2\/2015\/06\/23\/meet-tom-the-token-kiwi\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Tom – the token Kiwi!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi my name is Tom Wilson, I am a postgraduate geophysics student at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW). Early this year I received an email recruiting a kiwi postgraduate geophysics student to help out with the HOBITSS project. I instantly replied expressing my interest, and to my delight I was accepted. I was stoked, its not everyday you get news you get to be involved with a collabrative multi-national research project!<\/p>\n

\"Tom<\/a><\/p>\n

Sailing day, the 20th<\/sup> June, came around quickly and it was time to set sail. I was all stocked up with seasickness medicine and a sunny optimism that I wasn’t going to need it. A few hours before setting sail I took them as a precaution anyway. I’m glad that I did. It was on the very first night that I had my first proper encounter with sea sickness. Needless to say it wasn’t fun. I found that motion sickness quietly creeps up and takes hold. All you can really do when it hits is wait it out and try and keep your fluid intake up. I also found that keeping busy helps a lot! It is now day 4 and I am feeling adjusted to life on the sea. I am glad to say that you do adjust to the constant rocking and rolling of the boat!<\/p>\n

\"Splashing<\/a>

Photo taken on 22 June. View off the back of the ship from inside the hanger. Significant wave height of 5.0m at the time this photo was taken<\/p><\/div>\n

As the night went on the waves got higher…<\/p>\n

\"Significant<\/a>

Significant Wave Height reached 5.1 m on 22 June<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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