Watch ‘Old meets New’ – how we used the ‘lost art’ of rope splicing in our high-tech subseafloor observatory
Watch Patrick Fulton explain how he learnt the ‘lost art’ of rope splicing to connect the chemistry instrument (‘ososampler’) and…
Exp 375 – Subseafloor observatory animation
The JR has installed an observatory right where the Pacific plate meets the Australian plate. From this vantage point…
Guest Blog: Hannah Rabinowitz
Growing up in New Mexico, it’s hard to avoid the sheer majesty of the Earth and the enormity of geologic…
Seamounts – are they an important piece of the slow slip puzzle?
As we mentioned in our last blog, Site U1520 sits at the base of Tūranganui Knoll. This is an isolated…
Deep in the Hikurangi Subduction Zone
Click on the location icons to read more. The Google Map may not work in all web browsers – if you…
The stages of Te Matakite’s installation
Our first observatory on Expedition 375 is one of the most complex ever installed because instrument packages have to fit in the…
Exp375 – CORK wellhead
https://youtu.be/HOgExZ74fx8 Connections made and tested, hundreds of feet of tubing precisely coiled and the wellhead on top. This undersea…
The observatory is like a Russian Doll
The stages of installing New Zealand’s first observatory To gain a window into this previously inaccessible environment, we are taking…
One of the most complex observatories in the world
Te Matakite, the sub-seafloor observatory we are installing in the Hikurangi Subducton zone, is not the only observatory in the…
Autumnal Equinox on the JR – Satellites, Sun and Easter
Every spring and fall (autumn) around the time of the vernal equinox and autumnal equinox, the ship’s satellite communication system…