While Snork-Macaroon love-children may touch some people’s cold, cold hearts, nothing brings out the SQUEE in this Physical Oceanographer like an adorable scientific instrument. Meet Bob the Drifter, a free-spirited PVC and plastic cutie roaming the Gulf of Mexico to help scientists track ocean currents. But don’t think Bob is the only one that can find sunning supermodels that have inadvertently drifted out to sea. We physical oceanographers call in our other instrument friends like Robbie the Radar, Gloria the Glider, Marco the Mooring, and even Nancy the Numerical Model to help track the currents, pollution and unfortunately even oil spills in the Gulf. I’m loving Bob so much, I’m hoping this will become a series!
