Siem personnel receiving core on the drill floor. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_055]
About 40 m up the derrick, a Siem operator receives the beginning of the logging tool and feeds it through the top drive. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_056]
Luan Heywood (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) looks out to sea while on the ship’s bow. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_057]
An Atlantic white-sided dolphin jumps out of the water. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_058]
A pod of pilot whales swim around the ship. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_059]
Katy Smith (Curatorial Specialist, IODP JRSO) and Leah LeVay (Expedition Project Manager, IODP JRSO) working with the scientists on shore to choose basalt samples for thin sections. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_060]
Katy Smith (Curatorial Specialist, IODP JRSO) and Leah LeVay (Expedition Project Manager, IODP JRSO) communicate with Vincent Percuoco (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) about the sampling strategy for thin sections and ICP-AES analyses. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_061]
Katy Smith (Curatorial Specialist, IODP JRSO) draws guides for thin section samples to make rock cutting easier. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_062]
Siem personnel secure the core barrel to retrieve the core from within. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_063]
Vincent Percuoco (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) receives the top of the core from the drill floor. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_064]
A northern gannet in flight. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_065]
Fabricio Ferreira (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) scrapes the core to preserve the sedimentary features in the core before imaging. Lisa Crowder (Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO) observes. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_066]
Tiago Biller (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) receives a colorful plate of food from the catering crew. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_067]
Technicians celebrate shore-based Outreach Officer Jose Cuevas’ birthday. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_068]
Fabricio Ferreira (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) rolls out the creases in the protective film before the Section Half Multisensor Logger (SHMSL) is run. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_069]
Masks off, smiles on. From left: Leah LeVay (Expedition Project Manager, IODP JRSO), Katy Smith (Curatorial Specialist, IODP JRSO), and Lisa Crowder (Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO). (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_070]
Nick Logan (Marine Computer Specialist, IODP JRSO) at his work station. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_071]
Doug Cummings (Publications Specialist, IODP JRSO) teaching Tiago Biller (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) the trick of extracting the core catcher core as the sediments begin to get stiff. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_072]
Ionela Samoila (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) retrieves a microbiology sample from the liquid nitrogen carrier after it has been frozen. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_073]
Ionela Samoila (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) assesses the microbiology sample to see if it has been frozen correctly before storing. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_074]
Vincent Percuoco (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) inserts a syringe into the Carver hydraulic press, which squeezes the interstitial water (IW) out of a whole-round sample. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_075]
Sarah Kachovich (Marine Lab Specialist, IODP JRSO) pipetting hydrochloric acid into a split of a squeezed interstitial water (IW) sample. (Credit: Vincent Percuoco, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_076]
Sarah Kachovich (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) gently stirring an interstitial water (IW) sample to ensure it is mixed well. (Credit: Vincent Percuoco, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_077]
Luan Heywood (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) fixing thin section slides to undergo a finishing polish. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_078]
The derrick on a foggy day. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_079]
Lava cake Saturday. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_080]
Benthic foraminifer sticking out of the mud is observed with a hand lens. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_081]
Doug Cummings (Publications Specialist, IODP JRSO) striking a pose with the basement core at Site U1554. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_082]