This is Ruber! – Sun, May 7
Globigerinoides ruber is very common in the modern ocean. It is a surface-water specie of foram (short for Foraminifera). This…
Kelsie Dadd – Sedimentologist – Scientist interview!
One of the things that I get to do on this expedition is get to know the scientists. Their curiosity…
BIG Foam Cup – Sat, May 6
This is my self-painted foam cup. I will post another photo after it has travelled some hundreds of meters below…
Connecting the dots – rocks and life
With my undergrad in biology I am a bit like a diatom in an igneous layer of rock, out of…
Special Winch and “VIT”– Fri, May 5
There are lots of winches and cables around. This winch lowers the Vibration Isolated Television (VIT) Optic Fiber Equipment that…
Cabin – May 4
To give you an idea of how big the cabins are, here is a photo of our cabin on the…
Sampling plan – rocks are hard
After the casing was installed a couple of days ago the coring team drilled down to the rock layers for…
Nannofossil Discoaster – Wed, May 3
This is a photo of three different species of Discoaster viewed under the microscope. Note the scale in the bottom…
A floating university – The JOIDES Resolution
Now that things are settling in and everyone knows the realm of their lab and the desired format of the…
A great team! Education Outreach
Today I am feeling very thankful to be sailing on the JOIDES Resolution and because I am part of a…