Today on Dec.9th-2016, the science party of IODP-Expedition: Mariana Convergent Margin&South Chamorro Seamount has been boarding the Joides Resolution. The ship will be on the so called port call for another four days in Guam,until it is scheduled to leave for the northern section of the Mariana region on Dec.13th-2016. The first days on board mean full days of work and a lot of impressions for everybody taking part.