Let’s Split
This entry is written by Debbie Thomas, co-chief scientist of Expedition 378. It comes from her Expedition 378 Odyssey blog,…
A Farewell to Rocks
Drilling into the sills of Ringvent was concluded when the worn-out RCB drill bit had turned into yet another potential…
Scientific Cross-dressing
The day passes pleasantly while we are doing two things: 1) waiting for the Mexican permit to drill on the…
Ginny Edgcomb: Searching For The Fungi of Guaymas
This Q&A is part of the “Career Spotlight” series of Expedition 385 Can you tell me a little…
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…
Episode 2: Birth of the WAIS
Episode 2: the birth of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet reviews Expedition 374’s journey to Sites 2 and 3 on…
360 Video: Core on Deck
This is our first in a series of 360 videos. This video shows a core coming on deck on the…
Not all ice sheets are the same!
The Antarctic ice sheet is the main polar ice cap of the Earth and covers about 98% of the continent….
The night has disappeared!!
I am on the midnight to noon shift so every day, I start my work at midnight. And, yeah, it’s…
What will happen to sea level when this huge iceberg melts?
……………nothing!! You can try to use a very simple analogic model to understand. Let’s take few ice cubes (they…