Cementing – right now!
Chatter on the ship suggests that operations have gone pretty well today. Some of my colleagues have summarized this process…
Arrival at the Site!
At midnight last evening we arrived at our destination out over the Juan de Fuca plate. My cabin mate and…
Sleeping Through the Site
Nearing the Site
We should be arriving to Site U1301 any minute now. It will take time to get the ship stable and…
Bonding
reaching the site
Our Mission
Today the chief scientist Andy Fisher, from the University of California at Santa Cruz, came and talked to our group…
a piece of ocean's crust …
Taking Care of Business
Here’s a rather spacey picture of the “dome” lid on our lifeboats – 70 persons each! They are fully contained,…