NBP Docking

The old pier was too small for the NBP to tie up at Palmer, but the new pier is big enough to accommodate the larger vessel. The Gould is 230 feet long. The NBP is 308 feet long. 

This is the ship that will take me home this year. I've never sailed on the NBP, so I'm pretty excited. 

Very good light for some glamour shots of the NBP in port. 

Very large boat! It have to go down south for a science cruise for a few weeks, but then it will be coming back to Palmer to pick me and the rest of the summer crew up!