FIRST CORE ON DECK! (Italian/English)

E’ arrivata in superficie la prima carota di sedimento estratta dalla JOIDES Resolution nel Mare della Cina Meridionale durante la Spedizione 367.

C’era attesa nei laboratori (vedi post precedente). Si poteva prevedere il giorno, ma non l’ora. Una prima stima era stata fatta : il primo “core on deck” sarebbe dovuto arrivare tra le 4 e le 6 di mattina. Ma quando si opera in mare agitato, e si deve arrivare al fondale ad una profondita’ di quasi 4000 metri, non c’e’ nessuna previsione che tenga. Ed infatti la prima volta che la voce del Driller ha annunciato dagli altoparlanti “Core on deck” erano quasi le 10 del mattino.  A bordo non si aspettava altro.

The first core has been retrieved from the JOIDES Resolution in the South China Sea during Expedition 367.

Everybody was anxiously waiting in the labs (see previous post). We knew it would have happen today but we did not know the time. At the first estimation we thought we would have core between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. but when you are working in the middle of the sea and you have to reach with the coring system the seafloor at around 4000 meters of depth, you can not predict anything. In fact, the first time the voice of the driller announced with the loudspeakers “Core on deck” it was around 10 a.m.. Aboard we could not wait any longer!

 

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