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(Bronte Tilbrook) Hi, I’m Bronte Tilbrook.
I’m an oceanographer and I work for CSIRO.
I go out on this ship, the Southern Surveyor,
to measure how much carbon dioxide’s in the ocean.
The level of carbon dioxide in the ocean is really important because
it affects our Earth’s climate and it also affects
how a lot of important organisms in the ocean grow including corals.
The thing I like about being a research scientist is that
I get to work on really interesting problems
and I also get to work out on the ocean.
The Southern Surveyor is the Marine National Facility
and any scientist in Australia can ask to use the ship for research,
so let’s go on board and I’ll show you around.
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Watch your step here.
This is a storm step and it’s what keeps
the water out of the ship in rough weather.
Even though the ship’s really big
it only handles 14 research crew at any one time,
and the walkways are really narrow and the doors are very heavy.
At the front of the ship which is called
the bow there are cabins for sleeping,
so let’s go and have a look.
Most cabins on the ship have two bunks
and see this piece of material up here,
this is what stops us rolling out in rough seas,
and over here we have the bathroom
and it’s just like a bathroom you’d have at home
so you’ve got a shower, a toilet and a sink.
We get our fresh water from a reverse osmosis machine
which turns salt water into fresh
and we also have hot water just like you would at home.
(Dave) G’day, Bronte. (Bronte) Oh, g’day, Dave.
(Dave) I’ve got top bunk this trip.
(Bronte) Yep, that’s right.
The worst thing about the top bunk is
that it’s a long way to the toilet if you get seasick,
and I once spent a whole week in the bunk
being seasick between Hobart and Fremantle, it was awful.
So let’s go for a quick tour of the ship before breakfast.
I don’t know about you but I’m starving.
Down the hallway from the cabins is the laundry
and we have to do all our own cleaning of our cabins
and we have to do our own laundry.
So if you’re on the ship for a long time it’s hard to get exercise
so we have a gym where we can do little workouts.
So when we have some free time there’s a recreation room
where we can read books and watch videos and play darts.
This is a fridge on the ship, it has to be really big to hold a lot of food
for long sea voyages and it contains things like milk and vegetables.
This is the ship’s pantry. It’s where a lot of the other food’s held
and it has really big, sturdy shelves
so when the ship rolls the food won’t fall out.
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Hi, Eric. (Eric) Hey, Bronte.
(Bronte)This is the mess room. This is where we have our meals.
We have three meals a day, so for breakfast we might have
bacon and eggs and French toast,
and for lunch and dinner we have things like steak and pasta,
and the food’s really good, and the desserts are also excellent.
Hi, Dave.
(Dave) Hi, Bronte.
(Bronte) Hi, Lee (Lee) Hi, Bronte.
(Bronte) Life on board the Southern Surveyor’s really comfortable
and I’m just going to eat my breakfast now,
so thanks for coming on board with me.
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