Mysterious sand
Slow but steady progress today on the ship. We are bringing up small volumes of sand that was largely unexpected…
Deeper and Deeper
We are now almost half way to basement here at Site U1431 and the hole is fighting us a little…
Smoother going
Today has been a much smoother day of operations for us in the core lab now that we are getting…
Getting into the routine
Second day of successful core recovery and we are now getting the hang of the various systems both human and…
Core Mayhem
A little later than we expected, but the first core has arrived and after a suitable period of rest and…
First Core!
It took its time coming and kept getting delayed but like many exciting things worth waiting for the first core…
First day at sea
Our first proper day at sea and I awoke with the rather pleasant sensation of the ship rolling gently which…
Sailing Away. . .
On Wednesday and under an intense bright sun and blue sky we finally departed the dock at Hong Kong’s Kennedy…
One week to go
It's only a week now before I have to leave and head off towards Hong Kong for our port call…