Birthday celebration for Katy Smith (Curatorial Specialist, IODP JRSO). From left: Zenon Mateo (Assistant Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO), Kevin Grigar (Operations Superintendent, IODP JRSO), Leah LeVay (Expedition Project Manager/Staff Scientist, IODP JRSO), Luan Heywood (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO), Lisa Crowder (Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO), Doug Cummings (Publications Specialist, IODP JRSO), Jurie Kotze (Marine Instrumentation Specialist, IODP JRSO), and Vincent Percuoco and Alex Roth (Marine Laboratory Specialists, IODP JRSO). (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_083]
Siem personnel walk to the moonpool. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_084]
Siem personnel pose for a photo. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_085]
Siem personnel guide the top drive into position on the drill floor. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_086]
Siem personnel work on the drill floor pipe tripping begins. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_087]
Ionela Samoila and Tiago Biller (Marine Laboratory Specialists, IODP JRSO) watch the survey camera as the Hydraulic Release Tool engages. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_088]
A specular waterfall from water being pumped into the pipe on the drill floor to maintain pressure in the pipe is observed as the survey camera is lowered through the moonpool. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_089]
A view from the aft looking at the derrick, as Siem personnel work. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_090]
Kevin Grigar (Operations Superintendent, IODP JRSO) holds the go-devil. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_091]
The go-devil up close. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_092]
The sun shines on the moonpool. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_093]
The VIT frame returns from the seafloor. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_094]
Siem personnel retrieve the VIT frame from the moonpool. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_095]
Entier catering crew pose at the serving station in the galley. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_096]
Lisa Crowder (Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO) tests the new polymer anaerobic chamber that will be used for the upcoming microbiology expeditions. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_097]
A juvenile northern gannet spotted flying around the ship, staring at the camera every time he made a lap. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_098]
Siem personnel retrieve the VIT frame after its second journey to the seafloor. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_099]
Siem personnel carefully position the VIT frame on the deck. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_100]
David Fackler (Marine Computer Specialist) compares his shrunken, decorated cup to the original sized styrofoam cup. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_101]
Smiles from the Entier staff in the laundry room. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_102]
Zenon Mateo (Assistant Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO) winds up the old level wind cable. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_103]
Leah LeVay (Expedition Project Manager/Staff Scientist, IODP JRSO), Lisa Crowder (Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO), Siem Captain, Katy Smith (Curatorial Specialist, IODP JRSO), Nick Logan (Marine Computer Specialist, IODP JRSO), and Fabricio Ferreira (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) marvel at the transitions in the freshly split sedimentary cores. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_104]
Remains of an animal’s movement from thousands of years ago. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_105]
Nick Logan (Marine Computer Specialist, IODP JRSO) observes a hard rock core waiting to be imaged. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_106]
Close-up view of calcite sphere on a piece of basalt. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_107]
Close-up view of calcite vein separating basalt from sediment. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_108]
Fabricio Ferreira (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) saws a piece of core to create working and archive halves. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_109]
Fabricio Ferreira (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO) shows off his cut. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_110]
Close-up of the two mirror halves of a freshly sawed piece of core, by Fabricio Ferreira (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO). (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_111]
In focus, a section of the core waits to be curated in the splitting room. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_112]
Close-up of a section of the core shows volcanic glass in contact with sediment. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_113]
Entier catering staff poses with the buffet at the start of a meal time. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_114]
Nick Logan (Marine Computer Specialist, IODP JRSO) poses with the JOIDES Resolution mascot, Patrick the Safety Penguin. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_115]
Siem personnel explain the inflatable life rafts to the new crew members. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_116]
Section half being measured in the Section Half Multisensor Logger (SHMSL). (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_117]
Vincent Percuoco (Marine Laboratory Specialist, IODP JRSO), chisels off a piece of the core for a microbiology sample. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_118]
Siem personnel paint another reentry cone in preparation for the next site. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_119]
Newly built reentry cone from another perspective. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_120]
The same vigorously bioturbated interval, photo & radiograph, side-by-side. (Credit: Sarah Kachovich, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp395C_121]
Fourth of July feast. (Credit: Alastair Noble & IODP) [Photo ID: exp395C_122]