Math Minute Answers – Week 1
Thanks to everyone who submitted answers for last week’s minutes. Congratulations to the winner, Brant, who was chosen by random…
The Weight of Water
Water is heavy! When we’re standing at sea level, the atmosphere is pushing down on us, but we don’t feel…
A Thanksgiving Barbecue!
Apparently it’s not a well-known fact that Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving in October. When we had a fabulous turkey dinner with…
First core is on deck!
We have been drilling down into the seafloor for a few days at a new hole, U1382A, which is about…
Animals on the JR?
Who knew that there were so many animals onboard with us? Not real animals, of course, but machines and tools…
How do scientists know there’s life down there?
Ode to Hole 395A
Goodbye, 395A. You’ve been a great hole. Ever since you were originally cored in 1975, you’ve been a source of…
Logging 395A
One of the goals of our visit to 395A was to deploy an experimental logging tool known as the Dark…
Bobbing like a CORK
It’s about 4500m to the seafloor where we’re working at Hole 395A. That’s about as deep as Mt. Rainier (in…
Packing for life at sea
What’s the one thing you would want to have with you if you were stranded on a desert island? How…