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Dave Murline
Captain R/V Roger Revelle
1. What do you like to do with your free time?
Aboard ship I like to find out about the interesting science we are
conducting; I have a daily scheduled Exercise/Work out routine to keep the
pounds off; I fish whenever we are in a productive area and it doesn't
interfere with science, and I like to read usually right before I go to
sleep or if I'm having a hard time sleeping, something about the motion of
the ocean and concentrating using your eyes puts me right out no matter how
loud the fog horn is!
2. What was your most memorable cruise and why?
I have had so many in my 18 years at Scripps that I could fill up volumes
of Coffee Table Books, probably every time we go to some place new or make a
new discovery is my last most memorable cruise!
3. What first made you interested in Oceanography?
I have always lived with in a couple blocks of the Ocean and have spent
all my free time either in it, upon it or under it. I have an insatiable
appetite to learn everything about it.
4. How often do you go on cruises and for how long?
My schedule is very variable depending upon government funding and our
ships schedule. I have worked anywhere from 10 1/2 months in a year to a 6
month minimum. While I love my job I would prefer to be home at least 6
months a year as it is difficult to have a family and be gone all the time.
My usual rotation is 3-4 months on followed by 2-3 months off.
5. What is one memorable experience you have had on a cruise?
Again I have had so many it is hard to pick one. One night while cruising
off of the Galapagos aboard the R/V Melville on a moonless star filled night
I was sitting in our hot tub. The ship was in a low 2 meter thick patch of
fog so it appeared as if we were sailing in a cloud. When the fog
disappeared the water was so glassy that you could make out all the
constellations in the mirror smooth reflection. To top it of we were in an
area of heavy bioluminescence and the bubbles and jets from the hot tub
where glowing and shooting light all around my body. No, I wasn't
hallucinating or on any mind altering drugs.
6. What attracts you to the ocean?
It's mystery, energy and all it's changing moods, you can never get
bored.
7. What part of your personality relates to the ocean and why?
High energy, hyperactivity, I have a difficult time staying still and
calm.
I feel very lucky to work in an environment where I am supported by true
professionals that make my job fun and enjoyable.
- Dave Murline
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