Transocean requires all of the crew to participate in a weekly lifeboat drill. From left to right: Xianghui Li (Sedimentologist, Chengdu University of Technology), Xavier Monteys (Science Observer, Geological Survey of Ireland), Miriam Andres (Sedimentologist, University of Miami), Tim Ferdelman (Co-Chief Scientist, Max-Planck-Institute of Marine Microbiology), Boris Dorschel (Science Observer/Sedimentologist, University College Cork), Vladimir Samarkin (Microbiologist, University of Georgia), Kristin Hillis (Yeoperson, IODP-USIO), and Chizuru Takashima (Sedimentologist, Hiroshima University). (IODP) [Photo ID: exp307_028] Back to expedition photos.