Hometown Girl Makes Good!

Kerstin Cullen, our youngest crew member, hails from Valdez. As the biological technician onboard the Auklet, Kerstin takes CTD casts as well as performing biological sampling with plankton nets and Nansen bottles (water samplers designed to fill a a prescribed depth).

Kerstin is the ship's "Morale Officer", keeping our spirits up and laughing through the roughest of weather. We appreciate her local knowledge and are excited to visit Valdez on Tuesday for the public demonstration of the Field Experiment. In this podcast, Kerstin tells us how she found her passion for the ocean and discusses her studies in college and their applicability to our project.