Follow along as participants in the cruise provide updates and reflections on their experiences, the science, the technology, and other elements of the expedition.
April 12, 2010 | By Andrew Thurber
One may ask why a daily update about cruise off of Chile is being sent from Cost Rica?
Read moreMarch 14, 2010 | By Monica Heintz
We have come to the end of the cruise and to our final sampling destination, the Peru-Chile Trench.
Read moreMarch 13, 2010 | By Ashlee Henig
The last few days aboard the research vessel (R/V) Melville have (fortunately) yielded productive multicores and trawls.
Read moreMarch 12, 2010 | By Benjamin Maurer
It has been days since we've recovered the multicore with any workable samples in it, and the scientists are growing restless.
Read moreMarch 9, 2010 | By Lisa Levin
On February 27 I went down to my cabin to nap before a load of core samples arrived on deck. It was after 3 a.m. and a long stretch of work remained. As I headed down, all was well.
Read moreMarch 8, 2010 | By Alexis Pasulka
Today began a new part of our adventure. We arrived at the Concepcion methane seep area (CMSA) this morning and immediately prepared for sampling with the video-guided multicore.
Read moreMarch 8, 2010 | By Danny Richter
Death, like formaldehyde, is a part of science.
Read moreMarch 7, 2010 | By Christopher German
Today we’ve been traveling north and taking time out for reflection and recuperation.
Read moreMarch 6, 2010 | By Jordan Stanway
In oceanography, if your number of recoveries is equal to your number of deployments, you are having a good day.
Read moreMarch 6, 2010 | By Monica Heintz
Hello out there! Harold (the adventure monkey) here. I am Monica Heintz' travel companion.
Read moreMarch 5, 2010 | By Andrew Thurber
...but the corollary is not true.
Read moreMarch 5, 2010 | By Rosa León-Zayas
Day 7 of our cruise was a day of fast decision-making based on data recovered.
Read moreMarch 4, 2010 | By Ashlee Henig
As I write this log, I’m sitting in the main lab watching Chief Scientist Andrew Thurber and "res tech" Jim maneuver our video-equipped multi-core along the seafloor for the fourth time this cruise.
Read moreMarch 3, 2010 | By Donna Blackman, Christopher German, and Ashlee Henig
Today we are mapping and sampling offshore along the Chile margin, a few hundred miles south of where the recent earthquake occurred.
Read moreMarch 2, 2010 | By Benjamin Grupe
Being a rather tall person, I often am asked how I like life at sea when ships are built for people shorter than me.
Read moreMarch 1, 2010 | By Christina Tanner
Being a rather tall person, I often am asked how I like life at sea when ships are built for people shorter than me.
Read moreFebruary 28, 2010 | By Benjamin Maurer
A magnitude 8.8 earthquake shook Santiago early Saturday morning. We were miles off shore in water 2,600 meters (8,530 feet) deep, running operations on the seafloor with the multicorer.
Read moreFebruary 27, 2010 | By Stephanie Mendes
This is Day 3 on board the research vessel (R/V) Melville, and things are starting to come together.
Read moreFebruary 26, 2010 | By Alexis Pasulka
Preparation for science is officially underway. Today we continued setting up our equipment on the research vessel (R/V) Melville.
Read moreFebruary 25, 2010 | By Danny Richter
It is amazing to watch 38 scientists unpacking.
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