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Bad Weather and the JR

By Doug LaVigne · August 26, 2009 · comments No comments yet
ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- One of our readers there posted a great question in response to my posts regarding the incoming Typhoon Vamco approaching us from the South. I consulted the Captain and...
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Sunset and Beacon Catch

By Doug LaVigne · August 25, 2009 · comments No comments yet
ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- It’s amazing how after two months on a boat with the same people day in and day out how your nerves start to get a little rattled. Not that we aren’t getting along, it’s just the lack of something new...
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Driver’s Ed in the Bering Sea

By Doug LaVigne · August 23, 2009 · comments No comments yet
ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- Wrapping up the second to last site might otherwise be an uneventful, if somewhat relaxing occasion. But today was a bit different....
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High Flying Fun

By Doug LaVigne · August 19, 2009 · comments No comments yet
ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- It was remarkable how many people showed up for the kite contest today. Before long the heli-deck was packed....
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Sampling

By Doug LaVigne · August 16, 2009 · comments No comments yet
ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- Cores come in 24 hours a day, 7 days a week when we are at a drilling site. They are processed round the clock by the technicians, and then the scientists begin...
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Cutting the Cores

By Doug LaVigne · August 11, 2009 · comments 1 comment
ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- Every core that arrives on the JR has to be split into two halves at some point in the process. Much of the information contained in the layers of mud and rock is...
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Video Tour of the JR

By Doug LaVigne · August 9, 2009 · comments No comments yet
ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- Drilling is going very smoothly on site U1343. We are almost done with hole C at this site. If things continue...
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The Mystery of the Exploding Cores

By Doug LaVigne · August 4, 2009 · comments No comments yet
ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- Why do some cores explode? One of the problems we’ve had on this expedition is that some of the cores are a bit gaseous. As you go to the sea floor and below it, the pressure from the water above is tremendous...
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Fire Drills and Emergency Rations

By Doug LaVigne · August 2, 2009 · comments No comments yet
ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- Today started with an early fire drill. Everyone reported to their assigned life boat stations with our emergency gear on...
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How Do You Stop the Motion of the Ocean?

By Doug LaVigne · July 28, 2009 · comments No comments yet
ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- The JOIDES Resolution is equipped with some of the best devices available to do her job. She is designed to move quickly on the ocean carrying a great deal of equipment and people to remote locations, and the ocean can be a rough place...
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