Going Home
I’m sitting here waiting for the bus to take the science party to the hotel. It feels really sad to…
All Good Things Must Come to an End
I can’t believe that in 26 hours we’ll be in our berth in the harbor in Wellington. I worried when…
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to everyone! We rang in the new year on the bow of the ship. The ship’s bell…
The End is in Sight and So are the Squid
It’s early morning of December 31 here on the ship. Things are quiet right now because we’re waiting for the…
The Calm Before the Storm
Well, Christmas is over and all the festivities are behind us. Celebrating the holidays on the ship was amazing. We…
By the Numbers
The picture above shows a cutting shoe for an Extended Core Barrel (XCB) drill bit. On this expedition, we have…
Poetic License
Twas the Night Before Christmas On the JR Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the ship The report…
To Slice or to Smear?
When the cores are being described by the sedimentologists, they need to know more than just color and visible structures. …
Chill Out!
Once the samples have been taken from the working half, and the archive halves of the core have been described,…
A Paraconformity and a Record!
We’ve had a very eventful few days on the JR – geologically speaking! We’ve set a record (another one!) and…