Reentry Cone – Tue, May 2
Here is a sequence of photos from yesterday’s activities in the Moon Pool, an opening in the ship for access…
plugging holes in the ocean floor
If I told a little kid that I was on a ship drilling holes deep into the ocean floor, they…
T.V.'s and Phones
What holds the ship in place at a drilling site?
T.V.’s and Phones
Okay, so when your planning for your adventure aboard the JR they tell you we have the relative comforts of home….
Holey Rocks
One goal of the scientists on this expedition is to understand more about how water travels through rock. Believe it…
Underreamer madness!!!
Here is a quick photo of the underreamer being tested, below the rig floor, before it is deployed. You can…
First cone, underreaming, more planning
Yesterday we installed a reentry cone on the seafloor (image above shows cone being assembled), with about 50 m of…
Osmosampler or how to pump samples of water in a smart way!
1 week out
The excitement and discovery continues on board the JR. My group toured the drill floor wearing steel-toed boots, a hard…