Blowing Up Drill Pipe
Drilling two thousand meters below sea level into hard rock from a ship is not something you do on a…
We’re drilling our first hole!
First cone, underreaming, more planning
Yesterday we installed a reentry cone on the seafloor (image above shows cone being assembled), with about 50 m of…
Short hiatus, then much more!
Hi everyone! You might be wondering why there haven’t been a lot of blogs recently. Well, the new JR has…
What is All of This Coring Stuff about Anyway? part 1 – Day 20, 7/24/2009
Big things, little things
After we’ve toured the drilling floor, I am getting a strange picture of the scale of these operations. There are many big…
In the name of science
As my bed was rocking last night and I was afraid I was going to be airlifted, I was struck…
APC (that's Advanced Piston Coring) Record
Drilling into the Seafloor — Just for Kids
Running to the seafloor
… I’m running almost as fast as the corer does on its trip down and back up the drill string….