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Wow! Today we got a full introduction to not only how cores flow once they come onboard, made our first smear slides in the context of a lab where we will pull our individual data to make inferences about the past, but we also met and learned about the captain (Captain Steve) and the LO, or Lab Officer Roy.

When the "Rockers"  (see who they are) come onboard the ship tomorrow they will be greeted with LOTS of ship activity.

Wow, these are exciting times! With the passing of some highly anticipated milestones in my school year, I am reminded that the summer is quickly approaching and I’ll be heading to the Gulf of Alaska soon as an Education Officer onboard Expedition 341.

Hi All! You are in for a wonderful treat! We are working on an e-book about the JR - to be released in the beginning of April.

Here is a guest post from our e-book illustrator, Alice Feagan:

The Education Team has put together a report highlighting some of our accomplishments during the cruise. We broke some records this expedition, and that was in part thanks to all of the support and help from the scientists with the broadcasts and activities. We put this document together to show everyone how influential and inspiring their work is to students all over the world.

Before I left the UK I visited several schools to introduce myself and tell them about the expedition. I also asked them if they had a mascot that I could take with me to help explain the expedition. Each week I sent photographs of the mascots helping with different aspects of the research or to illustrate life on board.

Basalt is a volcanic rock (microlitic structure).

From a primary magma from partial melting of the mantle peridotites.

The rocks are classified as basic as base-rich (MgO, FeO) and low alkali (K2O, Na2O).

They are dark because of Fe2O3.

We only have a few days left on board, and with all of our projects coming to an end, there is time left to reflect (I’ll keep the water related puns to a minimum) on this experience.

We left the Hess Deep rift on Tuesday evening and are now underway on our 6 day transit to Panama. Our current position is Lat 3 28.3 and Lon 95.44 we are cruising along at 11.5 knots.