We have reached site U1367 and are back to drilling. We arrived last evening and began lowering drill pipe down…

Hey! Do you guys need any help? There are many people on board the JOIDES Resolution that work everyday to make…

   We are scheduled to reach site 3 around 6 pm today; its offical name is U1367. Each hole in…

Hi kids! The JOIDES Resolution is travelling to its third location, which is still several days away. The crew is doing…

   Our four day transit is allowing the ship’s crew to do some minor maintenance work and it is providing…

Yesterday, some of the seafloor cores had manganese nodules in them. Nodules are round looking rocks found on the seafloor…

Several of the cores from site U1366 had manganese nodules within the sediments. Diameters varied from about 5 cm to…

Life doesn’t get much better! While working very hard catching some sun rays yesterday, I was visited by my friend…

Considering that we are in waters that do not have much ocean life, we have seen a fair amount of…

JR here! During the night we arrived at the second place where we will drill into the seafloor. You may…