8-minute Cores – Tue, Apr 18
If you are thinking this is touch stuff – well it is! It takes smarts, grit, and a good dose…
Dinosaurs on a toothpick!
There is a small potted tree upstairs on the bridge deck and an orchid plant that I sit next to…
Reading at hyper speed – if you are a geologist!
The scientists have gotten into the groove. Everyone knows their station and work flow is kicking in as jet lag…
The JOIDES Resolution reaches the Sea Floor!
The JOIDES Resolution reaches the Sea Floor! How does it do that? We have 2 guest bloggers, our Expedition Project…
Everything is peachy – Mon, Apr 17
If you show up to this blog and the posts are not in sequence, or text and photos are plain…
First cores, woosah! – Sun, Apr 16
We got our first cores today and we all went a little crazy with excitement. Cores are material from beneath…
The crazy little thing called time – April 15 – Saturday
I am on the midnight to noon shift. After we departed Hong Kong at 9AM, we had meeting and a…
Sediment tasting and licking rocks
Today the labs of the JOIDES Resolution have come alive again! The catwalk, where the cores are delivered after they…
Set Adrift – Apr 14 – Friday
Leaving port, was a “fat guy in a little coat” experience. The ship’s crew and engineers are magicians. Ok, we…
Time out on Lamma Island – Apr 13 – Thursday
Today was our last day docked in Hong Kong – last day to see trees, other faces besides our own,…