Reports from first drilling site
Its Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. We are drilling away at our second site, but the researchers are preparing and analyzing…
Persistence and Perseverance
It’s Sunday, 2215 hrs ship time and we are underway avoiding Typhoon Choi-Wan and heading to Site SRSH-3B on Tamu…
Post drilling operations
After the drilling is deemed complete and the drilling equipment is taken out from the hole, the work at the…
Heave Compensators and Thrusters
I was asked recently – Nasseer, have you gotten your sea legs yet? My answer was – I really don’t…
Beginning of a new story or continuation of an old one?
We are winding down our second day of coring at the first site on Shirshov Massif and already finding things…
First set of samples, Site U1346
We are in our second day of our first sampling site: U1346. The drilling has been slow, but interesting samples…
Birthdays on the JR
On Saturday, we had two birthdays, Chad Broyles and Matt Nobles, how old they are? I don’t know, you ask…
Arriving at Shatsky Rise
We had our first live broadcast for Expedition 324, Shatsky Rise from the JR to the National Museum of Natural…
First few days at sea – Expedition 324
Hi everyone, This is the second or third day at sea and everyone is settling in. I am trying the…
Shatsky Rise Expedition 324
It is Friday, 07:10, Sept. 11, 2009. This is my very first blog I’ve ever done (don’t know if my…