A newly split core is ready for description. (Credit: Lee Stevens & IODP) [Photo ID: 382_125]
Mo Raymo (Co-Chief Scientist, Columbia University, USA) and Michelle Guitard (Physical Properties Specialist, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, USA) select core. (Credit: Frida Hoem & IODP) [Photo ID: 382_126]
Thomas Ronge (Sedimentologist, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research, Germany) puts away core after describing it. Gerson Fauth (Sedimentologist, University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil) uses a microscope in the paleontology laboratory. (Credit: Marlo Garnsworthy & IODP) [Photo ID: 382_127]
Gerson Fauth (Sedimentologist, University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil) looks at foraminifers under the microscope. (Credit: Marlo Garnsworthy & IODP) [Photo ID: 382_128]
Mutsumi Iizuka (Sedimentologist, Tokyo City University, Japan), Fabricio Cardillo (Observer, Servicio de Hidrografía Naval, Argentina), and Shubham Tripathi (Sedimentologist, National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, India) describe the archive halves of cores. (Credit: Lee Stevens & IODP) [Photo ID: 382_129]
BRAC attack! Stefanie Brachfeld (Paleomagnetist, Montclair State University, USA) uses flags to mark erratic pebbles for sampling. (Credit: Brendan Reilly & IODP) [Photo ID: 382_130]
These exotic pebbles found at the top of a core had fallen down from further up the hole. The diversity of rock types reveals that these pebbles were originally transported to the site by icebergs from near and far. (Credit: Marlo Garnsworthy & IODP) [Photo ID: 382_131]
A large volcanic dropstone, its vesicles partly filled with glittering pyrite. (Credit: Lee Stevens & IODP). [Photo ID: 382_132]
Ian Bailey (Stratigraphic Correlator/Physical Properties Specialist, Exeter University, UK), Anna Glüder (Sedimentologist, Oregon State University, USA), and Michelle Guitard (Physical Properties Specialist, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, USA) discuss the latest cores. (Credit: Marlo Garnsworthy & IODP) [Photo ID: 382_133]
Paleomagnetic sample cubes wait on the sampling table. (Credit: Lee Stevens & IODP) [Photo ID: 382_134]
Marcus Gutjahr (Inorganic Geochemist, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany) and Bridget Lee (Inorganic Geochemist, University of California, Riverside, USA) take samples from a particularly soupy core. (Credit: Lee Stevens & IODP) [Photo ID: 382_135]
Ian Bailey (Stratigraphic Correlator/Physical Properties Specialist, Exeter University, UK) loads a core into natural gamma radiation instrument. (Credit: Marlo Garnsworthy & IODP) [Photo ID: 382_136
Syringes are lined up for pore water sampling. (Credit: Lee Stevens & IODP) [Photo ID: 382_137]
Osamu Seki (Organic Geochemist, Hokkaido University, Japan) watches while Ji-Hwan Hwang (Inorganic Geochemist, Korea Basic Science Institute, Republic of Korea) drills holes in the core liner for pore water sampling. (Credit: Lee Stevens & IODP) [Photo ID: 382_138]
A pore water sample is emptied from a syringe into a bottle through an additional filter. (Credit: Lee Stevens & IODP) [Photo ID: 382_139]
Siem Offshore crew members weld a free-fall funnel together before sending it down along the pipe to the seafloor. (Credit: Lee Stevens & IODP) [Photo ID: 382_140]
Waves crash over a bergy bit alongside the JOIDES Resolution. (Credit: Linda Armbrecht & IODP) [Photo ID: 382_141]
An iceberg hides in the mist. (Credit: Marlo Garnsworthy & IODP) [Photo ID: 382_142]
Rough seas ahead! The bow of the JOIDES Resolution crashes through oncoming waves. (Credit: Thomas Ronge & IODP) [Photo ID: 382_143]
Shubham Tripathi (Sedimentologist, National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, India) enjoys some rare sunshine on the helideck. (Credit: Mutsumi Iizuka & IODP) [Photo ID: 382_144]
Marcus Gutjahr (Inorganic Geochemist, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany) and Ivan Hernandez-Almeida (Paleontologist, Federal Technical University-Centre, Switzerland) are all smiles despite the overcast weather. (Credit: Linda Armbrecht & IODP). [Photo ID: 382_145]
Fabricio Cardillo (Observer, Servicio de Hidrografía Naval, Argentina) celebrates his birthday with the day-shift scientists and technicians. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO). [Photo ID: 382_146]
Sarah Kachovich (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) and Diego Mello (Weather/Ice Observer, USA) wear matching sweatshirts showing the RV Sikuliaq—a vessel Diego also captains! (Credit: Brendan Reilly & IODP) [Photo ID: 382_147]
The day-shift cookie break: Yasmina Martos (Physical Properties/Downhole Measurements Specialist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA), Jonathan Warnock (Paleontologist, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA), Shubham Tripathi (Sedimentologist, National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, India), Osamu Seki (Organic Geochemist, Hokkaido University, Japan), Fabricio Cardillo (Observer, Servicio de Hidrografía Naval, Argentina), Mutsumi Iizuka (Sedimentologist, Tokyo City University, Japan), Lee Stevens (Outreach Officer, American Museum of Natural History, USA), Sidney Hemming (Stratigraphic Correlator/Physical Properties Specialist, Columbia University, USA), Linda Armbrecht (Paleontologist, University of Adelaide, Australia), and Mike Weber (Co-Chief Scientist, University of Bonn, Germany). (Credit: Yasmina Martos & IODP) [Photo ID: 382_148]
With searchlights on, the JOIDES Resolution Bridge team watches for icebergs. Can you spot Thomas Ronge? (Sedimentologist, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research, Germany). (Credit: Thomas Ronge & IODP) [Photo ID: 382_149]