End Of Cruise And Farewell!
After a night of quiet introspection on the JR the time has finally come. Tobias, Joanne, Dan and your blogger…
Return to San Diego
The JR is heading towards San Diego and arrives Friday late afternoon. The sun is setting behind Cabrillo Point, and…
Leaving Guaymas Basin
Since Sunday midnight, the JR is underway on her return voyage from Guaymas Basin to San Diego. For the first…
Last Core on Deck!
After an Expedition total of 755 cores, and a total of 4751.8 meters cored and 4171.4 meters recovered [88% recovery!],…
Hydrate!
Saturday morning starts at a civilized pace. Dan and Ginny, both on the night shift, meet at 10 AM for…
A Farewell to Rocks
Drilling into the sills of Ringvent was concluded when the worn-out RCB drill bit had turned into yet another potential…
The Origin of Life, And Other Stories
It is another day and life on the JR goes on. More rock samples are chiseled to bits in the…
Scientific Cross-dressing
The day passes pleasantly while we are doing two things: 1) waiting for the Mexican permit to drill on the…
The Sands of Sonora
The sediments of the southeastern most site, No. 1551 in IODP count, introduce a new complication: sand. Previous cores have…
The Sedimentologists’ Plight
Redrilling sites 1545 and 1546 for fresh microbiology samples has an unintended side effect: sediments that had been drilled before…