The Origin of Life, And Other Stories
It is another day and life on the JR goes on. More rock samples are chiseled to bits in the…
Scientific Cross-dressing
The day passes pleasantly while we are doing two things: 1) waiting for the Mexican permit to drill on the…
The Two Towers
We are back at Site 1545 and drill hole C, to recover fresh microbiology samples. New cores come up every…
The Fellowship of the Ringvent and the Mines of Moria
Ringvent does something to the science crew… it has a peculiar effect… normally sane people say, “I can spend even…
Rocks Bring Happiness
Thrilling rocks from the deep center of Ringvent are todays topic! If rocks don’t rock your boat after following this…
Breaking the Sills Curse, At Last
To recapture what has happened on this eventful day: All night and day, rocky cores have been arriving. They added…
Seriously Hardcore
There is no doubt — we are now drilling into the sill. The next core brings an alternating sequence of…
It’s a Sill!!!
Sometimes a picture says more than thousand words, as you can see in the top photo. It’s a sill!!! After…
The Challenge of Massive Sills at Site 1546
The last cores of our “cold sediment” standard site 1545 are coming up after midnight, from ca. 350 meters depth;…
What Can We Learn From a Smear Slide?
After starting a PhD at the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) and working on sediment cores recovered…