Kelsie Dadd – Sedimentologist – Scientist interview!
One of the things that I get to do on this expedition is get to know the scientists. Their curiosity…
Between a rock and a very hard place
We awoke today to bad news about the drilling. Just after midnite the drill bit encountered an especially hard object…
Mysterious sand
Slow but steady progress today on the ship. We are bringing up small volumes of sand that was largely unexpected…
Deeper and Deeper
We are now almost half way to basement here at Site U1431 and the hole is fighting us a little…
Smoother going
Today has been a much smoother day of operations for us in the core lab now that we are getting…
Getting into the routine
Second day of successful core recovery and we are now getting the hang of the various systems both human and…
Core Mayhem
A little later than we expected, but the first core has arrived and after a suitable period of rest and…
First Core!
It took its time coming and kept getting delayed but like many exciting things worth waiting for the first core…
Preparing for the adventure
First time I heard about the JOIDES and the IODP was during my bachelor on Geology, in Salamanca, some years…