Things that helped me get through the infamous week 6…
I have been blessed to experience the joys of working on a world-famous research vessel with some of the smartest,…
A Blog on the Log of the Hole at the Bottom of the Sea
We’ve been talking a lot in this blog about the cores we recover, but they’re not the only source of…
A helideckload of fun!
We’ve finished site U1462, there’s no core coming up, and we haven’t seen land or had a day off for…
What is the Indonesian Throughflow?
On our expeditions page, we wrote out our science objectives for coring along the western coast of Australia….
A Total Amateur's Guide to Core Description
A Total Amateur’s Guide to Core Description
As an education officer, I’m usually the least qualified scientist in the lab. I can’t identify foram species on sight…
Women in Science
Are you considering a career in science? Geology can take you to exciting places and you can work with amazing…
Hump(back) Day!
We’ve finally reached the halfway point of our expedition, and I’m feeling a bit sentimental. It felt like months the…
Geochemists: Living in the Lab of Luxury
Most of the scientists are based up on the core deck, where they have easy access to the sediment as…
Mechanical Mystery Tour
The JR has pulled into site U1462, and while we wait for the first cores to come up, the scientists…