Amy Work's blog

Over the last few days, the tool pushers, drill operators, engineers and scientists have worked around the clock to drill a hole 1,327 meters below the ocean's surface to install the ACORK, a casing that will serve as a tube to monitor pressure of the earth below the earth's surface.

Over the past few days we have explored first-hand how different fields of science can be used to help us to better understand what exists beneath our oceans. To help scientists understand what materials are in cores drilled from the bottom of our oceans, a number of experiments from sedimentologists, chemists, paleo climatologists can be conducted.

We had an abandon ship drill this morning to find our muster stations, or lifeboats. We had to arrive at our muster stations with life jackets on. They were harder to put on than they look...or at least I made it more complicated. We also had to try on our survival suits just in case we have to abandon ships in these cold waters.

We met for dinner in town tonight and had our first Science Cafe. This is a great idea where it allows different scientists to talk about different aspects of their research. Steve Hoven at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP).

Second day on the ship and I have already learned new terms that relate to the ship and what will happen once we set sail tomorrow at 16:00 ship time.