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Iceberg City

By Rob Dunbar · February 16, 2010 · comments 3 comments
ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, OFF THE COAST OF WILKES LAND, ANTARCTICA– We drilled for 18 hours and then had to pull the drill pipe up out of the hole and reposition the ship to avoid a large iceberg that was heading straight for us... {Read More »}


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... {Read More »}


Homeward Bound

By Howie Koss · December 9, 2008 · comments 2 comments
OFFSHORE NEW HARBOR CAMP, ANTARCTICA-- November 24th, 2008: my final day at the Offshore New Harbor Camp. After completing nearly 48 kilometers of seismic data collection... {Read More »}


Black Ice

By Maria Vernet · June 26, 2008 · comments No comments yet
SOUTHERN OCEAN-- Sometimes icebergs contain silt and rocks collected in the continent as the ice moves the mountains down towards the sea, scouring the rock… {Read More »}