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Title Page Contents Introduction The At-Sea Experience Planning Safety Test Conduct Instrumentation Data Acquisition and Analysis People Other Resources References Acknowledgments APL Safety Manual Nautical Terms Packing Lists Knots 
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Other ResourcesSo, you've finished the book, absorbed every bit of wisdom that was offered, and now you ask "Where do I go from here?" The easiest advice is to just go to sea and do it. I can't predict how successful your work at sea will be, but I can guarantee that the experience will be different, at least in some aspects, than you currently imagine, that something will not go as planned on your cruise, and that you''ll come away with a new respect for the people who do this for a living. As I have tried to stress in this book, you should continue your attempts to learn. There are many other resources that you can use to better prepare yourself for working at sea. This chapter lists a few of these resources that you may find useful. Of the books and articles I have referenced, I highly recommend Anatomy of an Expedition by H. W. Menard. The book may be a little difficult to find, but it is well worth the effort. Menard's book is the earliest work I have seen that tries to describe the work of a wet-deck oceanographer. I can also highly recommend the article by Bernard and Killworth entitled "Scientists and Mariners at Sea". I think their pioneering work on the sociology of scientists and crew should be required reading. There are several other references which are are valuable for particular topics that I have discussed. For ship's safety I refer the reader to the excellent RVOC Safety Training Manual - Crew Supplement available from UNOLS, and the Vessel Safety Manual published by the North Pacific Fishing Vessel Owners' Association. Both books are extremely well produced volumes filled with useful information on the practical problems of working at sea. Both volumes discuss such varied topics as basic seamanship, watchkeeping, rigging, medical emergencies, and fire fighting. Knight's Modern Seamanship and Piloting, Seamanship and Small Boat Handling by Chapman (no relation) are both standard references in the field of seamanship. In addition to your local library, there is a growing amount of useful information available on the Internet's World Wide Web. The WWW is so dynamic that any attempt to provide a list of useful addresses is fraught with difficulty. While it is likely that a number of the addresses I list below are out-of-date by the time you read this, the list should still serve as a jumping off point to the wide variety of information that is available in cyberspace. Alternatively you can start at my group's home web site that contains these and other useful links: http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/ Web sites listing links to oceanography related sites:
Web sites listing links to ocean engineering / maritime related sites
UNOLS / Ship InformationThe best of the R/V home pages which include useful Cruise Planning Manuals
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