It is impossible to get a photo with entire Galápagos Rift Expedition Team, but this image by Carl VerPlanck captures many of the shipboard personnel.

It is impossible to get a photo with entire Galápagos Rift Expedition Team, but this image by Carl VerPlanck captures many of the shipboard personnel. Image courtesy of NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Galápagos Rift Expedition 2011. Download larger version (jpg, 616 KB).

Galápagos Expedition Concludes...
July 28, 2011

The Galápagos Rift Expedition (EX1103) has now concluded. At 0700 the ship arrived just offshore of Panama City. Panama Canal representatives came on board to conduct the required inspections for canal transit. The ship is now pier-side until the scheduled Panama Canal transit on August 2. While many of the Team will be staying on board for the Mid-Cayman Expedition, there will be several personnel changes over the next 72-hrs, The big question on everyone's mind is whether or not the VSAT satellite antenna problems that limited telepresence connectivity during the Galápagos Rift Expedition will be fixed before the ship departs for the Mid-Cayman. We should know for sure within a few days.