Leaving Guaymas Basin
Since Sunday midnight, the JR is underway on her return voyage from Guaymas Basin to San Diego. For the first…
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…
Core on Deck!
The first core arrived on deck at midnight just in time for the shift change; fresh seafloor sediment from 1,600…
Location 2 off coast of Montserrat: More Cores!
This post is a summary of our progress thus far at our 2nd location only a bit further offshore still…
Core Liners
J.R. here! I thought that today we would take a look at what the drilling crew uses to collect the…
one more core
Hi crew: Today’s picture is a composite that could be entitled “one more core.” This shows the marine technicians, women…
Splitting core
Hi crew: After the cores have passed along the MST track, Natural Gamma analyzer, and Thermal Conductivity, then the sections…
Measuring Core
Hi crew: Scientific ocean drilling is much different than other means of sampling seafloor sediments. For example, box cores, gravity…
Tripping Pipe
Hi crew: The JR is capable of staying in one place for an extended period of time so that it…
Tripping Pipe
Hi crew: The JR is capable of staying in one place for an extended period of time so that it…