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Heading Home

Well folks, we are almost to the end. It is Saturday night and we have one more solid day before we roll into Hobart. The seas have been oddly calm. I was looking forward to the screaming fifties and the rolling forties - storms and adventure. But instead we have pea soup fog and glassy waters.

A.V.C - After the video conference

I was so lucky to have Steve ask me to help him with his video conferences yesterday. It was so fun to tell about our experience so far and to answer some of the questions from the students. And I see that some more questions have come in on my blog. All are really good - so I thought I would address them with a new blog today.

Just look outside!

Hello All!  It’s been so long. I had some days when I worked pasted my 12 hours, and I became so tired, I had a hard time doing anything but going to bed. Other days it is just nice to read my book, or just go outside for a bit. We are getting close to end, which is good and bad. I have so many mixed feelings.

Catching up from sampling

Hello Out There! I know – It has been a long time. And I’m sorry, but I’ve been sooo busy! I don’t even know where to start – what day was what – everything has just been crazy.

Life on the JR

Dear World,

I don’t feel like writing much today ... but I do feel like posting pictures. So here is a picture show from my most favorite day so far....Last Sunday.

Checking out the Core

Well we have been here at our new site for a couple of days now, and we have already drilled about 500m.

Turbidites.....interesting

Well – we got core. (note the lack of exclamation point). We arrived on site a few days ago. First we began drilling with APC drilling (Advanced Piston Coring).

Are we there yet?

Greetings  – (note: this was written yesterday – but I was unable to up load it until today) It’s been 1 week and 2 days and we are still traveling.

The First Iceberg!

Good morning, at least they call this the morning shift. Even though we have a few days before we reach our site, It  is good for us to get used to our 12 hours shifts.

Getting Ready

Tuesday PM (52oS). There are still four days to go before we reach our first drilling location, but there is little down time here on the JR. We got to get orientated, organized, and practice our sampling plans so that everything runs as smoothly as possible when the first core comes.

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