Sort of a Dreary Day
We woke up to a rainy day today but the drilling continues rain or shine. The crew is currently drilling…
A Busy Day Onboard!!
In the past day, it has become extremely busy onboard as scientists are now receiving many samples. The labs humming…
Have We Found Anything Yet?
Have we found anything yet? We sure have! One of the sediment cores contained a manganese nodule that was mixed…
Core Deck – Describing the Cores
Good morning or evening or whatever time it happens to be for you! I am sitting on the core table…
Look Who Came to Dinner!
We had some uninvited guests today! Actually, these white-tipped sharks have been hanging around for the past several days but…
Core Liners
J.R. here! I thought that today we would take a look at what the drilling crew uses to collect the…
Day 2 at Site 1
We are stilling drilling the first hole. So far 13 cores have been retrieved and we have drilled to a…
The First Drill Core Has Arrived!
Early this morning the first core filled with seafloor sediments was pulled up on the ship’s deck! The sediments within…
Core on Deck!!!
Talk about exciting! The first core of hole U1365 was brought up on deck at 6:30 a.m. about 7 hours…
Happy Birthday!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO KRISTIN!!! Today we had a birthday party for Kristin Hillis who is the Underway Lab Core Tech…