Here at last!
Never was there such a sweet sight, after six long days, arriving at night. Through well rehearsed coordination, the pipe…
Lots of dogs and cats, but where are the birds?
We have a “pet wall’ in the stairwell of the JOIDES Resolution…it would seem that dogs have the advantage over…
The biggest river you never heard of
We are just about to enter the Agulhas Current off the east coast of Africa. The red stars are our…
Happy Year of the Monkey!
Our three scientists working at Japanese universities created a New Year’s dragon and welcomed in the Year of the Monkey,…
Pete's on watch
Feb. 6, 2016 – hopefully the end of the technical difficulties!
The faithful followers might have noticed that my blog disappeared for a day or so, and now the last half…
Feb. 5, 2016
First day out included an emergency drill. Everyone has an assigned lifeboat 1-4, but just two can accommodate the entire…
Good bye, Mauritius. We shall miss you, but we are excited to finally be underway!
Not sure what the Valentine's Day store does the rest of the year – that's a lot of hearts and red!
Feb. 4, 2016
Last day to enjoy solid land – a number of people did last minute shopping at both the Jumbo supermarket…