The Siem Offshore Captain and others enjoy the caroling. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp372_070]
Technicians and scientists sing Christmas carols on the bridge. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp372_071]
The core laboratory is decorated with stockings. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp372_072]
Lisa Crowder (Assistant Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO) and Satoko Owari (Inorganic Geochemist, Chiba University, Japan) perform at the Christmas show. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp372_073]
Susan Boehm (Marine Technician, IODP JRSO) and Gregory Moore (Downhole Tools Specialist/Physical Properties Specialist, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA) as Rudolph and Santa. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp372_074]
Christmas banquet in the mess hall. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp372_075]
Sebastian Cardona Meneses (Sedimentologist, Colorado School of Mines, USA) at the sampling table. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp372_076]
Brandon Dugan (Physical Properties Specialist/Downhole Measurements, Colorado School of Mines, USA) and Inva Braha (Curatorial Specialist, IODP JRSO) take samples. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp372_077]
Karina Machado (Education Officer, Federal University of Parana, Brazil) washes an instrument at the sample table. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp372_078]
Aggeliki Georgiopoulou (Sedimentologist, University College Dublin, Ireland) cuts a sample in the core laboratory. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp372_079]
Philip Barnes (Co-Chief Scientist, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research [NIWA], New Zealand), Leah LeVay (Expedition Project Manager/Staff Scientist, IODP JRSO), and Ingo Pecher (Co-Chief Scientist, University of Auckland, New Zealand). (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp372_080]
Philip Barnes (Co-Chief Scientist, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research [NIWA], New Zealand) and Ingo Pecher (Co-Chief Scientist, University of Auckland, New Zealand). (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp372_081]
A group of scientists enjoy a break on the bow. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp372_082]
Katja Heeschen (Organic Geochemist/Pressure Coring Specialist, GeoForschungsZentrum [GFZ], Germany), Satoko Owari (Inorganic Geochemist, Chiba University, Japan), Marta Torres (Inorganic Geochemist, Oregon State University, USA), Paula Rose (Inorganic Geochemist, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, USA), Aaron Mechler (Marine Technician, IODP JRSO), Susan Boehm (Marine Technician, IODP JRSO), and Karina Machado (Education Officer, Federal University of Parana, Brazil) wear nice hats. (Credit: Satoko Owari & IODP) [Photo ID: exp372_083]
A group photo with Santa. (Credit: Satoko Owari & IODP) [Photo ID: exp372_084]
Scientists and Lisa Crowder (Assistant Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO) have some fun in the conference room. (Credit: Shuoshuo Han & IODP) [Photo ID: exp372_085]
Susan Boehm (Marine Technician, IODP JRSO; dressed as Rudolph) and others observe logging data. (Credit: Susan Boehm, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp372_086]
A Siem Offshore Cadet and Gregory Moore (Downhole Tools Specialist/Physical Properties Specialist, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA) ring the bell as the youngest and oldest on board the ship. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp372_087]
The 2018 New Year’s ball. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp372_088]
Shuoshuo Han (Physical Properties Specialist/Downhole Measurements, University of Texas at Austin, USA), Paula Rose (Inorganic Geochemist, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, USA), Xiujuan Wang (Physical Properties Specialist/Downhole Measurements, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China), Satoko Owari (Inorganic Geochemist, Chiba University, Japan), and Karina Machado (Education Officer, Federal University of Parana, Brazil) at the New Year’s ball drop. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp372_089]
The Expedition 372 scientists and technicians celebrate fifty years of scientific ocean drilling. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp372_090]
The women scientists and technicians of Expedition 372. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp372_091]
Sunset. (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp372_092]