Expedition 379 Trailer
A team of 116 ship crew, scientists, technicians, and communicators takes to the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica’s fastest-warming sea, aboard the…
Arrival in Antarctic waters
(Blog posted for Sandra Passchier. Originally posted at http://msuinantarctica.blogspot.com/2019/01/arrival-in-antarctic-waters.html) Photo Credit: Vivien Cumming We are now at more than 66…
Reed’s dirty little secret
(Blog posted for Sandra Passchier. Originally posted at: http://msuinantarctica.blogspot.com/2019/01/reeds-dirty-little-secret.html) Yesterday we entered the Drake Passage and the seas were so…
In transit to Antarctica
(Blog posted for Sandra Passchier. Originally posted at http://msuinantarctica.blogspot.com/) We left yesterday, on January 23, and took the route from…
Getting ready for Port Call IODP Expedition 379 Amundsen Sea
(Blog posted for Sandra Passchier. Originally posted at http://msuinantarctica.blogspot.com/) I am about to embark on another Antarctic Expedition with the…
The JR’s indispensable underwater camera – video
The JR’s Underwater Camera – an essential part of the drilling/science operation Without an underwater camera, a driller’s job would…
Exp 375 – snowflakes and constellations
Micro-paleontologist Claire Shepherd tells us how she approaches a slide of nannofossils.
exp 375 – seismic reflection imaging
What is seismic reflection imaging? What is a core-log-seismic integration specialist? Glad you asked. Rebecca Bell explains.
Exp 375 – a micro-paleontologist
Martin is a micro-paleontologist. He identifies, counts and arranges really small creatures on microscope slides and listens to cricket….
GUEST BLOG: Adam Woodhouse – Micro Paleontologist
My primary field of research is the mechanistic drivers of evolution and extinction within single-celled marine organisms from the Cenozoic era (the last…