The core laboratory is crowded with cores to be sampled. (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_178]

The New Zealanders: Fabio Caratori Tontini (Paleomagnetist, GNS Science, New Zealand), Cornel de Ronde (Co-Chief Scientist, GNS Science, New Zealand), Cécile Massiot (Physical Properties Specialist/Downhole Measurements, GNS Science, New Zealand), Agnes Reyes (Physical Properties Specialist/Downhole Measurements, GNS Science, New Zealand), and Perry Hyde (Education/Outreach Officer, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand). (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_179]

Tobias Höfig (Expedition Project Manager/Staff Scientist, IODP JRSO) and Vivian Pellizari (Microbiologist, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil). (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_180]

Yuanfeng Cai (Alteration Mineralogist, Nanjing University, China) and Stephen Roberts (Alteration Mineralogist, University of Southampton, United Kingdom). (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_181]

Yuanfeng Cai (Alteration Mineralogist, Nanjing University, China) at an onboard sampling party. (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_182]

Yuanfeng Cai (Alteration Mineralogist, Nanjing University, China) and Jeremy Deans (Structural Geologist, University of Southern Mississippi, USA). (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_183]

Past and present GEOMAR affiliates: Susanne Straub (Volcanologist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory [LDEO], Columbia University, USA), Philipp Brandl (Igneous Petrologist, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany), Karen Strehlow (Sedimentologist, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany), and Tobias Höfig (Expedition Project Manager/Staff Scientist, IODP JRSO). (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_184]

The Expedition 376 women scientists and John Jamieson (Alteration Mineralogist, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada). (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_185]

Cameron Ramsey (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO), Kannikha Kolandaivelu (Physical Properties Specialist/Downhole Measurements, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA), and Heather Barnes (Assistant Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO), with Yuanfeng Cai (Alteration Mineralogist, Nanjing University, China) sneaking in a photobomb. (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_186]

The Chemistry Laboratory Team: Vincent Percuoco (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO), Mackenzie Schoemann (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO), Jill McDermott (Fluid Geochemist, Lehigh University, USA), Anna Kutovaya (Organic Geochemist, RWTH Aachen University, Germany), and Olivier Rouxel (Inorganic Geochemist, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA). (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_188]

Jung Hun Seo (Volcanologist, Inha University, Republic of Korea) and Susanne Straub (Volcanologist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory [LDEO], Columbia University, USA). (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_189]

Agnes Reyes (Physical Properties Specialist/Downhole Measurements, GNS Science, New Zealand) and Aida Farough (Physical Properties Specialist/Petrophysics, Kansas State University, USA). (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_190]

View of a lifeboat from below. (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_191]

Agnes Reyes (Physical Properties Specialist/Downhole Measurements, GNS Science, New Zealand) and Tobias Höfig (Expedition Project Manager/Staff Scientist, IODP JRSO). (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_192]

The French connection: Olivier Rouxel (Inorganic Geochemist, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA) and Cécile Massiot (Physical Properties Specialist/Downhole Measurements, GNS Science, New Zealand). (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_193]

A Siem Offshore worker demonstrates the proper use of flares. (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_194]

Microbiologists on the day shift: Jessica Labonté (Microbiologist, Texas A&M University at Galveston, USA) and Vivian Pellizari (Microbiologist, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil). (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_195]

Wide-angle view of a lifeboat drill. (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_197]

Yuanfeng Cai (Alteration Mineralogist, Nanjing University, China) and Tobias Höfig (Expedition Project Manager/Staff Scientist, IODP JRSO). (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_198]

Lucy Schlicht (Metamorphic Petrologist, University of Bremen, Germany) and Yuanfeng Cai (Alteration Mineralogist, Nanjing University, China). (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_199]

Cécile Massiot (Physical Properties Specialist/Downhole Measurements, GNS Science, New Zealand), Kannikha Kolandaivelu (Physical Properties Specialist/Downhole Measurements, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA), and Iona McIntosh (Physical Properties Specialist/Petrophysics, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology [JAMSTEC], Japan). (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_200]

Tatsuo Nozaki (Sulfide Petrologist, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science & Technology [JAMSTEC], Japan), Yuanfeng Cai (Alteration Mineralogist, Nanjing University, China), and Andrew Martin (Alteration Mineralogist, Cardiff University, United Kingdom). (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_201]

Big foot – Jeremy Deans (Structural Geologist, University of Southern Mississippi, USA). (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_205]

Frank Tepley (Igneous Petrologist, Oregon State University, USA) and Karen Strehlow (Sedimentologist, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany). (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp376_208]

Siem Offshore Captain Terry Skinner conducts a tour of the Bridge for scientists. (Credit: Yuangfeng Cai & IODP) [Photo ID: exp376_210]

The South Pacific sunset reflected in the windows of the Bridge. (Credit: Andrew Martin & IODP) [Photo ID: exp376_211]

Susan Humphris (Co-Chief Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA), Inva Braha (Curatorial Specialist, IODP JRSO), Tobias Höfig (Expedition Project Manager/Staff Scientist, IODP JRSO), and Cornel de Ronde (Co-Chief Scientist, GNS Science, New Zealand) review core section intervals flagged for sampling. (Credit: Andrew Martin & IODP) [Photo ID: exp376_212]

Sheryl Frazier (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) and Seth Frank (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) in the core laboratory. (Credit: Andrew Martin & IODP) [Photo ID: exp376_213]