Arrive at Second Leg: What happens next?
Once the vessel is positioned at a site, the thrusters are lowered and a positioning beacon is dropped to the…
Cores on Deck: Receiving & Processing
These are a scientist’s favorite words when aboard the JR. These are the words that tell us that a sample…
A note from Co-Chief Ishizuka
The following is a brief summary of the drilling progress during week one of expedition 340. From co-chief scientist O…
Why Montserrat?
We are sailing in the Lesser Antilles or West Indies of the Caribbean Sea. Scientists aboard the JR such as…
Day 3 @ Sea March 7 No traveling time to begin drilling soon
This is where all the action will be for awhile– the drill floor. The ship is being prepared for drilling…