August 18th: Leaving An Extraordinary Drill Site
A picture of the ship with the sun rising and some incredible clouds showing off the beauty and majesty of…
Pekar’s Blog August 2nd: Why did I become a scientist?
Why did I become a scientist? I guess that is a question that is asked a great deal to me….
Pekar’s July 30th Blog: Leaving Australia and heading to explore Zealandia!!!
Note: I have been extremely busy with first learning and now being part of this expedition. Plus the internet on…
July 26 Blog: Exploring the long lost continent of Zealandia: Background & Scientific goals for Expedition 371
IODP Expedition 371: Exploring the Tectonic and Climate History of Zealandia This expedition has an amazing task in front of…
03 11 10: EPILOGUE
I have just arrived home after thirty plus hours of traveling. I return with mixed emotions (as many of my…
As the sun sets on the last part of this Expedition yet another magical sunrise
It was a frosty morning during this time of an ever weakening light from the Antarctic sun. The spirits of…
Blog Entry 02 18 10 No one can say that we didn’t try
Blog Entry 02 16 10: The Two Sides of Antarctica
For the last few days, we have been at the whims of the spirits of Antarctica. We first had to…
Blog Entry 02 14 10: A Valentine’s Day Sunrise
Twins views of heaven
It is not often that one can gaze into the golden rays of heaven. But on two successive morns, The…