3 weeks 1 day

Just look outside!

Submitted by Stephanie Carr on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 23:07

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. Bad because there is still a lot of work I can do here on the ship, plus I still need to see a penguin, there are still sites we haven’t had a chance to get to yet...just so much to do.  Also I’m really enjoy everyone here on the boat, it will be sad when we all go our separate ways.  Good because I can not wait to meet my friend Sarah in Hobart!! I miss my bed from home, my bike, and I’m really excited about starting to work on my samples at home. That’s the thing about microbiology samples, there is only so much you can do on the ship. Here is a picture of my samples wrapped and ready to be shipped home! (those are not even all of them!) There I will measure DNA and biomarkers. I also really miss crackers (we ran out). I also miss crackers.... I miss them so much that I had a dream about finding some wheat thins in a ceiling tile. Also below is a picture of a ghost i found in the chemistry lab...weird, but not scary.


So I hear we are going to take one last trip to the coast of Antarctica. We’ve been having troubles drilling there because of the ice bergs and weather. This is good because I still need to see that penguin!! Check out some of these skies... it will be sad to see leave them. So I am trying to enjoy them while I got them. I hope there will be a nice day soon so I can hang up my hammock.


Check out the last video... I’m in it a little bit! The next one is probably going to be out any day now.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvzrK24YJyQ

 

Comments

From Skipcha ES

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 16:12.

We video conferenced with you today and had some more questions. Have you ever found oil? Does the drill bit ever get stuck? What is the most unusual thing you have found in a core sample? Do you have satellite reception? What happens in a storm?

Oh thanks for the great

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 14:15.

Oh thanks for the great questions! I'm going to take some pictures today and write all about the answers after my shift tonight. look for the answers in my next blog!

I know you'll see that penguin!

Submitted by Leslie Peart on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 18:31.

I lived in Alaska for a whole year before I saw a moose in town. My failure became the stuff of legends and a joke to all my friends. Then one day I had a much closer moose encounter than anyone should ever have -- and that was even more of a joke.

I just know you'll see a penguin before the end of the expedition -- hopefully not too close, though. And I owe you and all the science party a lot of crackers for the great blogs and live events for schools.

Have fun with the Texas groups tomorrow!

Leslie

Thanks from Hamilton Elementary

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 18:03.

Howdy Stephanie,

We are writing from our third grade classroom at Hamilton Elementary in Houston, Texas. We really enjoyed the interactive lesson this afternoon. Thanks for showing us all the interesting equipment on the JR. We have a few questions that we didn't have the opportunity to ask, so we thought we would ask a couple over the next few days. How do you know when to stop drilling? What happens if the drill breaks while you are out at sea? I know you see many great discoveries on the JR, but what has been the cooliest discovery so far? When do you get to come home?

Well, I think that is enough for today. We will write again later with a few more questions. Thanks again for your dedication to science and your willingness to share it with us.

Thanks again,
The World's Next Scientists
(Mrs. McClosky and Mrs. Bard's students)