Inspiring Designs: Expedition 354 Logo Contest
It’s a tradition on the JOIDES Resolution to hold a contest to design the expedition logo, which will be printed…
Understanding the Moon Pool (or, How Does the JR Keep From Sinking?)
There is a hole in the bottom of the JOIDES Resolution. And not a small one – it’s 22 feet…
Super Steve: Interview with JR Operations Superintendent Steve Midgley
Steve Midgley completed his bachelor’s degree in Marine Engineering at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Steve began his career…
Fun with Forams
Recently, one of our paleontologists Petra Dekens celebrated her birthday on the JOIDES Resolution. Fellow paleontologist Lyndsey Fox decided to…
Life on the Other Side
For the last few days, I have been trying to transition from night shift to day shift. It hasn’t been…
Exp 354 Halfway Milestone
Yesterday was “Hump” Day. This means we are halfway through the expedition, which officially started on January 29 and will…
Drilling into the Depths of the Bengal Fan
Preparations are underway at our third and deepest site. Our target depth is 1500 meters below the seafloor, which is…
Our Coring Toolkit
A few days ago we broke the scientific ocean drilling record for the deepest APC core ever obtained (687.4 meters below the…
A Day in the Life of a JR Sedimentologist
I’ve never seriously studied sediments before. I’m used to working with “hard rock” – specifically basalt, which is rock that once…