Happy B’Day Rajeev
While awaiting departure from Colombo to the first site of drilling, one of our shipbpard scientists – Dr. Rajeev Saraswat, a…
A Long Good Friday
It is Good Friday here in Columbo and a public holiday although apparently a Bhuddist not a Christian one, which…
JR at Colombo Port
After boarding the wonderful JOIDES RESOLUTION a couple of days back, we have been going through the intense shipboard orientation…
Orientation
Like many large science organizations IODP has its own special ways of doing things and naming cores and samples and…
Finally onboard
We did have to wait until after lunch today to find the get on the bus and get underway but…
IODP expedition 355 – one day to go…
My first time in Colombo. My first time in IODP expedition. My first time in the Indian Ocean. I am…
Super excited to board JOIDES Resolution for IODP expedition 355
Just arrived in Colombo to board the JOIDES Resolution as shipboard science party for IODP expedition 355. I am really looking forward to have…
Packing up and ready to go
One more day to go and I will be on the airplane headed to Colombo, Sri Lanka. Prisoner of American…
The Countdown Begins
Ever since I joined the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa for the doctoral work and chose to work on microfossils,…