Finishing up the last minute details before the first core arrives at the description table are (left to right) Ruediger Stein (Co-Chief, Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar und Meeresforschung), Carlos Alvarez Zarikian (Staff Scientist, IODP-USIO), Quimin Zhai (Sedimentologist, University of Tokyo), and Shelley Judge (Sedimentologist, Ohio State University). [Photo ID: exp306_037] Back to expedition photos.