Touring the Thompson
SHIP TOURS POLICY:
The Marine Operations Office frequently receives requests for individual
or group tours of our research ships. Such occasions provide an
outstanding opportunity for educational and community outreach, utilizing
these facilities as a showcase for the School of Oceanography's
interesting and varied education and research endeavors. Following are the
School's guidelines for such tours:
- Please check with the Manager of Marine Operations before commiting to
a tour time or date. Some alongside operations are hazardous (welding,
heavy lift loading, etc.) and all visits need to be coordinated around
work, mobilization and sailing schedules. Make sure your visitors know to
wear proper footwear for climbing ladders and gangways.
- While we are open to providing access to educational and school
groups, we discourage both very large groups and very young students
(under 10 years old) for obvious safety and crowd control reasons.
- The engineroom and 01/02/03 deck crew berthing areas are off-limits
for tours.
- If you arrange for a group to tour the ship(s), please plan on giving
the tour yourself. We will always make ourselves available for funding
agency officials, prospective PIs, University senior staff, benefactors
and donors, community leaders or government agency visitors, etc., but we
do not have the time or personnel resources to provide tour guides
permanently "on call" and will have to respond to such requests on a
case-by-case basis.
We are all proud of our University research vessels and welcome your
desire to share that pride with your visitors and guests. Your cooperation
with these guidelines is appreciated.
Capt. Daniel S. Schwartz, Manager of Marine Operations
Phone: 206-543-5062, Fax: 206-543-6073
updated: 5/2/00