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Happy Thanksgiving

On research cruises that overlap holidays, scientists and ship’s crew still try to mark the occasion with decorations, celebrations, and, most importantly, special meals. Former mess attendant Kathryn Eident here assembles some homemade decorations in preparation for Thanksgiving dinner on R/V Oceanus during the CLIMODE cruise in 2005 (while the ship’s Halloween decorations look on).(Photo by John Lund, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)