During the NSF sponsored U.S. GEOTRACES GP17-ANT research cruise, journalist Sofia Moutinho documented the expedition aboard the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer. To find out more about conducting science aboard a research vessel from a different perspective, please read her recent article published in Eos (Moutinho, 2024. Confined at sea at the end of the world, Eos, 105, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EO240222).