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….
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…
Pekar’s July 25 Blog: The International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 371: Tasman Sea Frontier
The International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 371: Tasman Sea Frontier (https://iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/expeditions/tasman_frontier_subduction_climate.html) will drill below the sea floor to recover…
July 24: Background on the International Ocean Discovery Program
The expedition (i.e., IODP Expedition 371) I will be on is part of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP). It…
A reflective prelude blog before I leave on this amazing adventure
Waiting in JFK for the flight………. The flying portion of this journey will take me half around the Earth, into…
Pekar’s first blog: Introduction
Greetings I am a geology professor in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Queens College and research past climate…
Sampling the cores taken from Antarctica
Well, I am back on the JOIDES Resolution, with about half of the science party from the expedition taking samples from…
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…