One of the things students ask me about frequently is the food.  How is it?  What do you eat?  What…

One of the aspects of being on the JOIDES that I have enjoyed the most has been video conferencing with…

All the labs on the JR have their own characteristic personalities, if you will.  For instance, as you walk through…

Being at sea for so long, you have to kind of replace your old routines with new ones.  I’ve incorporated…

Some of the samples taken on the JR have to be stored at temperatures WAY below what the average person considers…

You might think that steering the ship places would present more of a challenge than sitting still on a drilling…

I have talked about how the samples are taken, and how the cores are split and tested for physical properties. …

Have you ever seen the Bill Murray movie Groundhog Day?  The one where he relives the same day over and…

One of my goals in coming on this expedition was to “bring home” the research being done, and make connections…