Hi friends,
Life on the ship has been a bit crazy lately! We left the coast of Papua New Guinea a few days ago and are currently working on our fourth site in the past two weeks. For comparison, we completed two sites in the first four weeks of the expedition, so the pace at which we've been bringing up new sediments to look at and analyze has been quite quick.
We are presently some tens of miles to the west of Manus Island (an island north of Papua New Guinea) and will be heading further north within the next day or two to complete drilling at a couple more sites on our way toward Guam. It should be fun!
Gotta get back to work now, but I'll be back with the promised info on pore water and the last ice age soon. Also, hello to Mrs. Lennon's class! I had a wonderful time showing you around the ship last week and answering your great questions.
Cheers,
Dan
P.S. Check out my colleague Dr. Catherine Rose's geoscience education blog, On The Rocks, for a guest post with some photos later this week plus a smorgasbord of other interesting pieces that have already been posted: http://ontherocks.ie/.
Thank you for the shoutout Dan! We really appreciate it and enjoyed talking to you last week. Also, thank you for showing us around your boat. Have a great time on your last expedition and safe travels to you!! From Mrs. Lennon's class
ReplyDeleteHi Dan i just got to watch your session with Mrs. Lennon's class and it was very informative. Keep up the good work😃
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