Who is the most important person on the ship? The ‘Camp Boss’ Tim Proctor with his team ensure we are well looked after.
In a ship the size of JOIDES Resolution there are teams of people working night and day to keep the…
Rockers rocking through the West Pacific – #thefloatingclassroom
Spectacular, sparkling sunrises and colourful, radiating sunsets, cracking thunderstorms accompanied by vibrant, fork and sheet lightning, swelling waves which abate…
CORE ON DECK!
Another day aboard the JR. For the first time I am seeing people working at sea and eating more than…
Whales&Science-Presentation/Wale&Wissenschaftsvorträge (bilingual version)
In these days waiting for new cores the Scientists on board of the JOIDES Resolution use to have a science…
Asut Tesoru (Big Blue)-We’re making it!
After a smooth transit from our last site, we arrived at Big Blue (Asut Tesoru-) Seamount last night. But it is not…
The day the dinosaurs died or at least the non-avian ones.
Good science is conservative. Good scientists, by nature, are good skeptics. Scientists can argue for decades over a working hypothesis…
Food, glorious FOOD!
A transit on a drill ship at sea is not ordinarily where you would expect to be fine dining, but…
Rockers Crossing the Line!
On Tuesday, July 18, 2017 @ 7:47 pm; 00 00.00 latitude; E141 05.00 longitude the School of Rockers crossed the Earth’s…
Exploring the Inner Earth – Crust to Core
Written By David Hansen The focus of today’s discussion provided insight into the structure of the Earth, plate interactions, the…
All Stop!
Well, yes and no. Even when the ship is stopped, there’s still a flurry of activity. Today, the ship was…