Cabin – May 4
To give you an idea of how big the cabins are, here is a photo of our cabin on the…
Sampling plan – rocks are hard
After the casing was installed a couple of days ago the coring team drilled down to the rock layers for…
Nannofossil Discoaster – Wed, May 3
This is a photo of three different species of Discoaster viewed under the microscope. Note the scale in the bottom…
A floating university – The JOIDES Resolution
Now that things are settling in and everyone knows the realm of their lab and the desired format of the…
A great team! Education Outreach
Today I am feeling very thankful to be sailing on the JOIDES Resolution and because I am part of a…
Casing- an important step
Today we had a presentation by Kevin Grigar our Superintendent of Operations from IODP to explain the reason why we…
There is a hole in this boat! But we are not sinking?
We all sort of knew that this moon pool existed but there was something very unnerving about watching doors open…
The Moon Pool – Mon, May 1
This is a pic of the Moon Pool, a mechanical wonder. So cool to have seen this today for the…
Downhole Temperature – Sun, Apr 30
We measure temperature with the Advanced Piston Corer Temperature-3 (APCT-3). The APCT-3 is used in soft sediments similar to most…
Water Everywhere – Fri, Apr 28
There is water everywhere, but you don’t really notice how close it is. The JR is so big that even…