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What is it like to be a graduate student as part of the science party on JOIDES Resolution? Celeste Pallone shares her experience as a sedimentologist on Expedition 397 (Iberian Margin Paleoclimate, Oct-Dec 2022) as an early career scientist and...

Micropaleontologist and biostratigrapher Christopher Lowery shares his experience on a mission-specific platform for Expedition 364 during the drilling of the Chicxulub K-Pg impact crater. Hear how he describes how ocean drilling is like flipping the pages of a book backwards...

Suzanne O'Connell has served multiple roles on her ten scientific ocean drilling expeditions, Here, she shares stories of the medical evacuations she witnessed from Glomar Challenger and JOIDES Resolution, from the ship having to return to port for additional medical...

Maya Pincus and Laura Guertin both served as Onboard Outreach Officers on JOIDES Resolution in 2022. With navigating the waters of COVID-19 still a challenge, Maya and Laura share their hotel quarantine stories before sailing out of Cape Town, South...

During a ship-to-shore broadcast with a fourth-grade class, one young student asked about having a food allergy on JOIDES Resolution. Two Onboard Outreach Officers, Laura Guertin (EXP 390) and Tessa Peixoto (EXP 393) sat down to discuss their food allergies...

Lab Officer Chieh Peng and Marine Instrumentation Specialist Etienne Claasen talk with EXP397T Onboard Outreach Officer Maya Pincus about what it's like to experience time on a ship that crosses multiple time zones over the course of two months.

Bonus audio! Andrew McIntyre and Laura Guertin both sailed on JOIDES Resolution for the first time during Expedition 390 (South Atlantic Transect I) and sat down to record a conversation four months after their time on the JR had ended....

Stepping foot on JOIDES Resolution as a graduate student and the youngest scientist on the ship, Kristin Dickerson wasn't sure what to expect as she joined Expedition 399 (Building Blocks of Life, Atlantis Massif). Right away, she was struck with...

Each member of the scientific ocean drilling community has a unique story for when and how they became involved. Patty Standring sailed as a sedimentologist on JOIDES Resolution for Expedition 401, but her introduction goes back before she ever stepped...

Graduate student Claire Jasper was a sedimentologist on Expedition 395 (June 12 - August 12, 2023). To prepare for her first-ever expedition at sea, she asked people that had previously sailed on JOIDES Resolution "thousands of questions," especially as she...

What is it like to celebrate your birthday on a scientific research vessel in the middle of the ocean? Yi Wang describes her birthday celebration while on board JOIDES Resolution for Expedition 390, combining community and culture in a COVID-safe...

Expedition Project Manager Thomas Ronge discusses his experiences as a sedimentologist at sea on JOIDES Resolution. He provides an overview of the collaboration across cultures and roles on the ship during JR's two-month expeditions, from his time in Iceberg Alley...

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted, and in some cases completely brought to a halt, scientific exploration at sea. But scientists and ship crews learned how to adapt and navigate these complex waters, safely getting back out on the ocean...

Swimming, ship safety, sunrises, sunsets, and social media. What do all of these terms have in common? They are all some of the themes highlighted by Ravi Kiran Koorapati, micropaleontologist from IODP Expedition 402. Ravi shared some sound advice for...

Andrew McIntyre and Laura Guertin both sailed on JOIDES Resolution for the first time during Expedition 390 (South Atlantic Transect I). Four months after they departed the JR, they reconnected to discuss and compare the events and moments that made...