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5/22/2015  |   08:00 - 19:00   |  Offsite

Field Trip
LAKE MICHIGAN RESEARCH CRUISE The Lake Michigan field trip will be aboard the R/V Neeskay. The 21.6 m Neeskay is the School of Freshwater Sciences' primary research vessel. "Neeskay" is derived from the language of the Ho-Chunk, a Wisconsin Native American tribe, and translates as "pure, clean water." It provides year-round access to the Great Lakes and has a fully functional research platform and floating laboratory. This exploration will cruise to Lake Michigan's Green Can reef where oceanographic scale sampling will be undertaken including ROV deployment followed by bottom samples collected with the box corer, benthos corer, and ponar grabs. Since no "weather day" can be scheduled we will plan to sample within the harbor if really big winds & waves are present. Two groups will be accommodated on half-day trips: a Morning Cruise from 8:00 am-12:00 pm. The bus departs the Hilton Milwaukee Downtown at 7:30 am. On-board meals will be provided. Contact: Jerry Kaster, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences; jlk@uwm.edu or 262-949-0842. Limited to 10 participants per cruise. Cost: $85 per person.