The JR is rapidly approaching the launch of Expedition 327: Juan de Fuca Hydrogeology, which officially starts July 5. This expedition will set sail next week from Victoria, Canada to install a series of sub-seafloor observatories that will collect data about the movement of water through the earth’s crust and explore what, where and how microbes live beneath the seafloor.
Expedition 327 will require the ship to stay in place for long periods of time as our sub-seafloor observatories are lowered and installed into the seafloor. Our dynamic positioning system is critical to this effort. What’s dynamic positioning? Check it out here: http://joidesresolution.org/node/7
Katie Inderbitzen is a graduate student who is out on the R/V Atlantis on an expedition to service several sub-seafloor observatories on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, using the submersible, JASON. As soon as that expedition is completed, she will be rushing up to Victoria to meet the JOIDES Resolution and join Expedition 327.
Deep Earth Academy will be at the National Marine Educators Association’s annual conference in Gatlinburg Tennessee! Come visit us: http://www.nmeaweb.org/gatlinburg2010/
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