Farewell to Expedition 334
CRISP is ending in the flurry that was predicted from the beginning. Coring until the last possible minute. Hole B at U1381…
Meauring weight at sea
Place the material on the scale and you get a measurement. Right? Not when you are on a moving ship. The acceleration and…
Basement Rocks from the Cocos Ridge
Today is the second of the basement sampling party. No this is not like a sale in the basement of Filene’s. This…
Final Live Broadcast
Third Site: Reports are due
IOPD has more reports and report structures than I’ve every seen. I’ve worked for the Navy and closely with another federal…
Trial #37: maximum creativity and minimum limitations
I forgot about this stage of science when I wrote about the monotony of data collection. A few of my…
Rainy Day at Sea
The count down is on. Only 7 full days left. We will be back in port on April 13. Time to say…
Sample #358 Today
A crucial part of science is data collection. Repetition, duplication, same old thing, time after time after time. On the JR, everyone…
Sampling in the Core Lab
Once the core has been cut into sections on the catwalk, it is brought into the core lab. The first…
Ladders (or stairs to us landlubbers)
On the first day at the ship, we stayed in port at the pier. I took some pictures of the JR…