Keep drinking!

Here we are, in the middle of nowhere, doing holes in the seafloor and collecting liters of seawater.

Being in the middle of nowhere means that if you realize that something is missing, you can't go out and buy it. But we are scientists, and we've already planned all the work before boarding. Sure, but if there is no way to use a filtration pump, that means no way to empty the bottles from the previous sampling, than you should start thinking about alternatives. You really want to collect more seawater, from all the different stations, since you really believe it could contain the answer for lots of scientific questions.

Right containers to collect seawater

What to do? Improvise.

And that's the moment in which all the crew is there, ready to help you. "Please, I need ALL the empty plastic bottles to collect seawater, don't throw them away but give them to me! Keep drinking! "
In less than 8 hours, 30 bottles are there, ready to be filled.
(It's turned also out to be a recycling campaign). Thank you to all the crew!

Keep drinking!

 There still are some days remaining to find a solution, but at least the water is there, stored at 4°C, waiting to be processed (I don't want to think about the hard work to bring them back to Aarhus...).

Emergency containers: bottles of water