Photo by Valerie Tillinghast.
The engineering tank in Chase Ocean Engineering Lab is no match for the chilly offshore waters of the Gulf of Maine, but it stood in ably for a recent offshore marine survival class hosted by the Center for Acoustics Research and Education (CARE). UNH graduate students, faculty and staff joined some commercial fishermen who collaborate with CARE for the day-long course, run by Fathom Resources.
Participants practiced abandon ship drills (pictured), fire drills and signals, life raft training and survival suit training (modeled here by Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping research project manager Andy McLeod, left, and research project engineer Avery Mu?oz).
“This course saves lives,” says CARE director Jennifer Miksis-Olds, noting that survival time in winter Gulf of Maine waters is no longer than ten minutes. “Knowing what to do in an emergency at sea and having experience with the safety equipment when you’re far from immediate help increases your chance of survival.”
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Beth Potier | UNH Marketing | beth.potier@unh.edu | 2-1566
