Preparing to go
Only 11 days before I leave for Costa Rica and expedition 345 to the Hess Deep. I have been spending the last…
Of Kites and Cores
Welding with a view! Where are we now? Off the western coast of Costa Rica, in the…
Pores in Cores
o o o o Fire Drill! Grab your helmet, safety glasses, and life jacket! Run up the…
Bubbly Cores
The drill team does an incredible job bringing up cores in tricky situations! Where are we now? Off the western…
November 2012
Silt, Sand, Shell, and Ash
Another 6 am morning shot…Isla del Canos in the foreground and the Costa Rica coastline behind. The coastline was so…
Fossil Fish Scales and Shell Bits (say that five times fast!)
Looking southeast out of my office window at 6 am, a beautiful sunrise over Costa Rica. You can see the…
Sapropels Smell!
This morning, a huge cake-like cumulous cloud dominated the eastern horizon, topped by a gibbous moon. Where are we…
Oh, POOH!
A beautiful morning off the Foc'sle Deck, looking northeast… Where are we now? Hole U1412C, off the western coast of…
Happy Thanksgiving! (with bits of core here and there)
Sunset from the Helo Deck… Where are we now? Hole U1412C, off the western coast of Costa Rica, in the…