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Mechanical Mystery Tour
The JR has pulled into site U1462, and while we wait for the first cores to come up, the scientists get a tour of the parts of the ships we normally don't get to see. For most of the expedition, we...
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Geochemists: Living in the Lab of Luxury
Most of the scientists are based up on the core deck, where they have easy access to the sediment as it comes in. The downside is they don't have much space to spread out, and if people aren't watching...
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Charts and Crafts
Last week, I gave you a quick tour of the JOIDES Resolution engine control room, where the ship's functions are monitored and managed. But if the engine control room is the brain of the ship, then...
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A Total Amateur's Guide to Core Description
As an education officer, I'm usually the least qualified scientist in the lab. I can't identify foram species on sight like the palaeontologists, I can't read a Zijderveld graph like the...
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A helideckload of fun!
We've finished site U1462, there's no core coming up, and we haven't seen land or had a weekend for six weeks. The six week point is famous for being a bit of a slump in every expedition, as all that...
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A Blog on the Log of the Hole at the Bottom of the Sea
We've been talking a lot in this blog about the cores we recover, but they're not the only source of data we use. We also get a lot of information out of the holes those cores leave behind. The holes...
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Once in a Blue Moonpool
A few days ago we were lucky enough to test out the Subsea Camera System, which can be attached to the drill string and lowered to the ocean floor. Expedition 356 doesn't require the camera for...
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Pups, Snakes, Rabbits, and Other Useful Tools.
Everybody likes animals. We draw parrots on our kites, we watch dolphins in the ocean, and we eat the odd unlucky chicken in the mess hall. It seems like even when the JR is hard at work drilling and...
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What a way to make a living!
Whenever I do a school broadcast, I get asked a lot of questions about working on the ship. How do we get a job here? Who do we work for? Do we get paid? So I thought I'd spell everything out in one...
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The End is Just the Beginning
We're coring our last hole of our last site of our last week of expedition 356. Everyone's a little tired and frazzled after two months at sea, away from their family and friends, with only the Pet...
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