Chad Broyles (Curator, IODP JRSO), Sherry Frazier (Physical Properties Laboratory Research Associate, IODP JRSO), Lisa Brandt (Chemistry Laboratory Research Specialist, IODP JRSO), Nicolette Lawler (XRD Laboratory Research Associate, IODP JRSO), Douglas Cummings (Publications Specialist, IODP JRSO), Inva Braha (Core Laboratory Technician, IODP JRSO), and Aaron de Loach (Assistant Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO) celebrate Lisa’s birthday. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp371_031]
The sedimentologists prepare for samples. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp371_032]
Siem Offshore personnel prepare the rig floor during the transit to the first site. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp371_033]
Siem Offshore personnel test the drilling equipment during the transit to the first site. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp371_034]
Rupert Sutherland (Co-Chief Scientist, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand), and Edoardo Dallanave (Paleomagnetist, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany) wait for the first core. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp371_036]
Lisa Crowder (Assistant Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO), Douglas Cummings (Publications Specialist, IODP JRSO), Luke Furfey (Core Laboratory Technician, IODP JRSO), Lisa Brandt (Chemistry Laboratory Research Specialist, IODP JRSO), and others deliver the first core of Expedition 371 to the catwalk. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp371_037]
Lisa Brandt (Chemistry Laboratory Research Specialist, IODP JRSO), Chad Broyles (Curator, IODP JRSO), Lisa Crowder (Assistant Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO), and Beth Novak (Paleomagnetism Laboratory Research Associate, IODP JRSO) work with a core on the catwalk. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp371_038]
Beth Novak (Paleomagnetism Laboratory Research Associate, IODP JRSO) takes the core from the rig floor. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp371_039]
Margot Cramwinckel (Organic geochemist / Palynologist, Utrecht University, Netherlands) places a sample in a vial while Lisa Brandt (Chemistry Laboratory Research Specialist, IODP JRSO) watches. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp371_040]
The Siem Offshore drill crew work on the core barrel. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp371_041]
The paleontologists working in the microscopy laboratory. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp371_042]
Liao Chang (Paleomagnetist, Peking University, China), Cherry Newsam (Paleontologist, University College London, United Kingdom), and Wanda Stratford (Physical Properties Specialist, GNS Science, New Zealand) at the sampling table. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp371_043]
Peter Blum (Expedition Project Manager/Staff Scientist, IODP JRSO) marks the hard-rock core. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp371_044]
A group of scientists and technicians gather on the bow hoping to view the dolphins. (Credit: Michelle Drake & IODP) [Photo ID: exp371_045]
The catwalk and rig floor the morning before the first core. (Credit: Kristina Pascher & IODP) [Photo ID: exp371_046]
Lisa Crowder (Assistant Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO), Douglas Cummings (Publications Specialist, IODP JRSO), Luke Furfey (Core Laboratory Technician, IODP JRSO), and others carry the first core of the expedition. (Credit: Kristina Pascher & IODP) [Photo ID: exp371_047]
Dolphins are off the bow as a group gathers to watch. (Credit: Martino Giorgioni & IODP) [Photo ID: exp371_048]
Chad Broyles (Curator, IODP JRSO), Lisa Crowder (Assistant Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO), Li He (Inorganic Geochemist, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China), Park Yu-Hyeon (Organic Geochemist, Pusan National University, Republic of Korea), Claudia Agnini (Paleontologist, Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy), Kristina Pascher (Paleontologist, GNS Science, New Zealand), Luke Furfey (Core Laboratory Technician, IODP JRSO), Beth Novak (Paleomagnetism Laboratory Research Associate, IODP JRSO), and Lisa Brandt (Chemistry Laboratory Research Specialist, IODP JRSO) prepare to get the first core. (Credit: Thomas Westerhold & IODP) [Photo ID: exp371_049]
Sediment in the core catcher. (Credit: Thomas Westerhold & IODP) [Photo ID: exp371_050]
Dolphins riding the bow wake. (Credit: Xiaoli Zhou & IODP) [Photo ID: exp371_051]
Looking for dolphins during the transit. (Credit: Xiaoli Zhou & IODP) [Photo ID: exp371_052]
Sea bird catches a flying fish. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp371_053]
Sunset. (Credit: Stephen Pekar & IODP) [Photo ID: exp371_054]
Sunset. (Credit: Stephen Pekar & IODP) [Photo ID: exp371_055]