An Entier Assistant Cook delivers a birthday cake for Rob McKay (Co-Chief Scientist, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand). (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 374_041]
From left: Isabela de Sousa (Sedimentologist, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil), Francesca Sangiorgi (Palynologist, University of Utrecht, Netherlands), Juliane Müller (Organic Geochemist, Alfred Wegener Institute [AWI], Germany), Jenny Gales (Physical Properties/Downhole Measurements Specialist, Plymouth University, United Kingdom), and Imogen Browne (Physical Properties Specialist, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, USA) are all ready for the surprise birthday celebration! (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 374_042]
Rob McKay (Co-Chief Scientist, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) blows out the candle during his surprise birthday celebration. (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 374_043]
Laura De Santis (Co-Chief Scientist, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale [OGS], Italy) and Denise Kulhanek (Expedition Project Manager/Staff Scientist, IODP JRSO) are ready for the birthday party to start. (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 374_044]
Scientists and technicians gather for a group photo during the birthday celebration for Rob McKay (Co-Chief Scientist, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand). (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 374_045]
The icebreaker RV Nathaniel B. Palmer escorts the RV JOIDES Resolution through sea ice into the Ross Sea polynya during Expedition 374. (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 374_046]
It’s a beach party… Antarctic style! The Expedition 374 science party celebrates crossing the Antarctic Circle by braving the freezing temperatures and stiff breeze for a group photo on the bow of the JOIDES Resolution. Our ice escort, RV Nathaniel B. Palmer, is visible in the distance. (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 374_047]
From left: Chieh Peng (Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO), Etienne Claassen (Marine Instrumentation Specialist, IODP JRSO), and Heather Barnes (Assistant Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO) participate in emergency response team training. (Credit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 374_048]
Our passage through sea ice into the Ross Sea polynya provided excellent sightseeing, including this trio of seals that woke from their morning nap to watch us pass. (Credit: Juliane Müller & IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: 374_049]
The icebreaker RV Nathaniel B. Palmer departs for McMurdo Station and the remainder of her science mission after escorting the JOIDES Resolution through the sea ice. (Credit: Juliane Müller & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_050]
After the barbecue on deck was canceled due to adverse weather, the catering crew went all out to make up for it, creating an elaborate display for delicious sushi! (Credit: Kim Kenny & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_051]
Brian Romans (Physical Properties/Downhole Measurements Specialist, Virginia Tech, USA) explains the plans for downhole logging at Site U1521. (Credit: Kim Kenny & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_052]
A member of the technical staff labels the core sections after they are brought into the laboratory from the catwalk. (Credit: Kim Kenny & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_053]
A view of the core as it is cut into sections on the catwalk. A typical core is up to 9.6 m long, depending on recovery, but is cut into 1.5 m long sections for easy transport into and through the shipboard laboratories. (Credit: Kim Kenny & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_054]
The scientists gather in the core laboratory at 1145 h every day to share results from core processing and sample analysis over the previous 24-hour period. (Credit: Kim Kenny & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_055]
Laura De Santis (Co-Chief Scientist, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale [OGS], Italy) shows the science party the latest integration of core and seismic data during a crossover meeting. (Credit: Kim Kenny & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_056]
David Harwood (Paleontologist, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA) looks for diatoms in samples from the core catcher of each core. Diatoms are tiny phytoplankton that make their tests (shells) out of silica (Credit: Kim Kenny & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_057]
A pair of penguins “flying” through the water. (Credit: Giuseppe Cortese & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_058]
François Beny (Physical Properties Specialist, Université de Lille I, France) bundles up against the cold wind as he watches for ice and animals from the deck. (Credit: Justin Dodd & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_059]
Large flocks of birds swarm the JOIDES Resolution as we approach the sea ice on the edge of the Ross Sea. (Credit: Justin Dodd & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_060]
A beautiful view of the calm waters of the Ross Sea from the JOIDES Resolution bow. (Credit: Justin Dodd & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_061]
An ecstatic Rob McKay (Co-Chief Scientist, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) shows his approval of the discovery of bivalves at section breaks in a core from Hole U1521A. (Credit: Justin Dodd & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_062]
A close-up view of a bivalve found at the section break of a core from Hole U1521A. (Credit: Justin Dodd & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_063]
Sookwan Kim (Physical Properties Specialist, Korean Polar Research Institute [KOPRI], Republic of Korea) is surrounded by “fairy” (Christmas) lights as he works on a report in the conference room. (Credit: Oscar Romero & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_064]
Heather Barnes (Assistant Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO) records information from a core on the whiteboard in the core laboratory. (Credit: Kim Kenny & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_065]
An amazing photo of an Antarctic petrel mid flight. (Credit: Mark Leckie & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_066]
Italian Co-Chief Scientist Laura De Santis (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale [OGS], Italy) teaches some of the scientists how to make gnocchi during the transit to the Ross Sea. Pictured from left: Tina van de Flierdt (Inorganic Geochemist, Imperial College London, United Kingdom), Benjamin Keisling (Sedimentologist, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA), Francesca Sangiorgi (Palynologist, University of Utrecht, Netherlands), Oscar Romero (Paleontologist, University of Bremen, Germany), Laura De Santis , Saiko Sugisaki (Paleomagnetist, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, Japan), Jenny Gales (Physical Properties/Downhole Measurements Specialist, Plymouth University, United Kingdom), and Saki Ishino (Sedimentologist, Nagoya University, Japan). (Credit: Mark Leckie & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_067]
From left: Saki Ishino (Sedimentologist, Nagoya University, Japan), Sunghan Kim (Sedimentologist, Korean Polar Research Institute [KOPRI], Republic of Korea), and Amelia Shevenell (Sedimentologist, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, USA) describe a newly split core section. (Credit: Mark Leckie & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_068]
Rob McKay (Co-Chief Scientist, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) leads a discussion of science results during a noon crossover meeting. Pictured from left: Jenny Gales (Physical Properties/Downhole Measurements Specialist, Plymouth University, United Kingdom), Kim Kenny (Educator/Videographer, USA), Rosa Hughes-Currie (Educator, Massey High School, New Zealand), Osamu Seki (Organic Geochemist, Hokkaido University, Japan), and Rob McKay. (Credit: Mark Leckie & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_069]
Core on deck! Margaret Hastedt (Assistant Laboratory Officer, IODP JRSO) leads the way to bring the first core of Expedition 374 onto the catwalk. (Credit: Mark Leckie & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_070]
Three penguins watch the JOIDES Resolution from a large piece of sea ice. (Credit: Gary Acton & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_071]
A petrel flies over the sea ice. (Credit: Gary Acton & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_072]
Brrrr! Snow on the rig floor provides a nice contrast against the bright red of the drilling equipment. (Credit: Heather Barnes & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_073]
Imogen Browne (Physical Properties Specialist, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, USA) collects physical property data from the cores. (Credit: Kim Kenny & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_074]
Isabela de Sousa (Sedimentologist, Universidade de Brasília, Brazil) examines a smear slide to document the microscopic composition of the sediment. (Credit: Kim Kenny & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_075]
Jan Sverre Laberg (Sedimentologist, University of Tromsø, Norway) mulls over a core section at the description table. (Credit: Kim Kenny & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_076]
Laura De Santis (Co-Chief Scientist, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale [OGS], Italy) is happy with the results of coring at the first Expedition 374 site. (Credit: Kim Kenny & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_077]
Molly Patterson (Sedimentologist, Binghamton University, State University of New York, USA) and Jan Sverre Laberg (Sedimentologist, University of Tromsø, Norway) enter sediment descriptions into the DESClogik software. (Credit: Kim Kenny & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_078]
Osamu Seki (Organic Geochemist, Hokkaido University, Japan) collects a small amount of sediment on the catwalk for a “headspace” measurement to determine the composition of gas trapped in the sediment. (Credit Rosa Hughes-Currie & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_079]
Sheryl Frazier (Marine Technician, IODP JRSO) and Saki Ishino (Sedimentologist, Nagoya University, Japan) pose with Ross, our penguin mascot. (Credit Rosa Hughes-Currie & IODP) [Photo ID: 374_080]