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Digging Deep for Climate History

From July to September 2009, the scientific drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution is undertaking a nine-week expedition in the Bering Sea, drilling deep into the sea floor to learn about the environmental and oceanographic conditions in the Bering Sea over the past 5 million years. {Read More »}


On Seasickness & Science, Part 1

By Doug LaVigne · July 22, 2009 · comments No comments yet
ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- So the last few days have been a whirlwind of activity. We arrived at site UMK-4D and dropped a beacon... {Read More »}


How Do We Map the Ocean Floor?

By Doug LaVigne · July 17, 2009 · comments No comments yet
ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- So here's something I never had questioned before: How do we know what the ocean floor looks like?... {Read More »}


To the Bering Sea

By Doug LaVigne · July 7, 2009 · comments 2 comments
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- Tuesday marks my first full day onboard the JOIDES Resolution. We are still not at sea, but it is a start... {Read More »}

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