25 April 2019

On a chilly and breezy morning, RRS James Cook set out from Southampton on a 3-day transit to the experiment site offshore NW Scotland. During this time the team on board will make sure the equipment is ready for action, finish setting up the laboratories on the ship and – most importantly – find their sealegs!

Here’s the team braving the chilly temperatures to give us a wave from the front deck as the ship passed Calshot Castle on its way out of the Solent this morning. From now on, our eyes and ears on board, Ben, will be sending us regular updates on activities on the ship so stay tuned…