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SOS! Splash: Overexcited Snorkel

After three days in Tjärnö, it was time to sit together and put our ideas on the table. We agreed on the sampling methodology and decided to put words into action, big jump into the chilly waters! Scraping walls under the water can be harder than it seems: algae floating around, us bumping into each other, accidental kicks with the fins… Obviously, we were a bit over excited which led to a clumsy day in Tjärnö Bay!

S.O.S. clumsy Seals Of Sweden

After an early lunch (12 a.m. :O), we had renewed energies for another busy afternoon. Learning from our clumsy morning, we reconsidered our work plan and had the first team argument.
Professional as we are, we solved it quickly and went on dividing tasks for the rest of the day.
Three of us constructed quadrats and studied our trial samples in the lab, the other three went on trip with the boat to explore the area for good sampling sites.

After an early dinner (17 p.m. :O), we explored our inner nerds by looking into 3D modelling programmes with the support of our fantastic supervisor Marco Palma. We were all very excited about this new twist in our project and hope to visualise our scraped off algae in the 3D space.
We end the day all being on the same page and all looking forward to the next one!

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