Category Archives: Ocean expeditions
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SciQuilt – A Scene from the Stern
Leave a commentMay 24, 2023 by Dr. G
This quilt welcomes you to Stories from the South Atlantic Ocean, a selection of scientific ocean drilling activities from JOIDES Resolution during Expedition 390 (South Atlantic Transect I).
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SciQuilt – Location, Location, Location (x 2)
Leave a commentMay 12, 2023 by Dr. G
All geoscience research projects (including quilting projects!) need a location map – and an IODP expedition is no exception.
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SciQuilt – From the Bridge
Leave a commentApril 19, 2023 by Dr. G
This quilt captures a phrase commonly spoken on the bridge of the scientific research vessel JOIDES Resolution. Can you decipher the phrase?
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SciQuilt – Blue skies and cloud cover
Leave a commentMarch 1, 2023 by Dr. G
After leaving JOIDES Resolution, I knew I wanted to pull together a data visualization that not only documented the daily Sky/Cloud measurements, but also as a shout-out to the kindergarten teacher that turned her students into mini-scientists observing the world around them, and to the Second Mate from JR Expedition 390 who took the time to explain to the kids (and to me!) his daily weather observations and for responding to all the questions.
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DrGw390 – touring around Cape Town
Leave a commentJune 21, 2022 by Dr. G
My time at sea and touring the sites in and around Cape Town with my new colleagues and friends has ended – but my journey with the JR will continue…
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DrGw390 – Cape Town, here we come
Leave a commentJune 15, 2022 by Dr. G
When I first started on Expedition 390, my intent was to try to take one photo a day to capture my experience at sea. But there is so much going on and so much that I am doing, it is quite a challenge to keep all of the activity to one photo and tweet! But here is a collection of images from our final days transiting back to Cape Town and in port before departing the ship.
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DrGw390 – last stop, Site U1559
Leave a commentMay 29, 2022 by Dr. G
When I first started on Expedition 390, my intent was to try to take one photo a day to capture my experience at sea. But there is so much going on and so much that I am doing, it is quite a challenge to keep all of the activity to one photo and tweet! But here is a collection of images from our days at our final site, Site U1559 (May 19-May 23).
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DrGw390 – moving on to Site U1557
Leave a commentMay 21, 2022 by Dr. G
When I first started on Expedition 390, my intent was to try to take one photo a day to capture my experience at sea. But there is so much going on and so much that I am doing, it is quite a challenge to keep all of the activity to one photo and tweet! But here is a collection of images from our days at our second site, Site U1557 (May 11-May 18).
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DrGw390 – still at first site, holes, U1556C/D/E
Leave a commentMay 21, 2022 by Dr. G
When I first started on Expedition 390, my intent was to try to take one photo a day to capture my experience at sea. But there is so much going on and so much that I am doing, it is quite a challenge to keep all of the activity to one photo and tweet! But here is a collection of images from our days at our first site, Holes U1556C/D/E (May 6-May10).
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DrGw390 – at first hole, U1556B
Leave a commentMay 12, 2022 by Dr. G
When I first started on Expedition 390, my intent was to try to take one photo a day to capture my experience at sea. But there is so much going on and so much that I am doing, it is quite a challenge to keep all of the activity to one photo and tweet! But here is a collection of images from our days at our first hole, U1556B (April 20-May5).
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DrGw390 – in transit to first site
Leave a commentApril 27, 2022 by Dr. G
When I first started on Expedition 390, my intent was to try to take one photo a day to capture my experience at sea. But there is so much going on and so much that I am doing, it is quite a challenge to keep all of the activity to one photo and tweet! But here is a collection of images from our days of transit after we departed Cape Town on April 12 and arrived at our first site on April 20.
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DrGw390 – departing Cape Town
Leave a commentApril 15, 2022 by Dr. G
(*If you missed my first post on my JOIDES Resolution adventure, I encourage you to start with DrGw390 – Week …
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DrGw390 – Week of quarantine
8April 8, 2022 by Dr. G
I’m heading out on an oceanographic journey, a two-month journey at sea with an international team of scientists, technicians, and …
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Still waiting for my ships to sail… my journey back to the ocean
Leave a commentMarch 18, 2022 by Dr. G
Here’s my story of waiting to head out to sea, how my best-laid sabbatical plans were interrupted by a pandemic
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SciQuilt – What to know before we go (on IODP Exp. 390/393)
1January 4, 2022 by Dr. G
When I asked the science co-chiefs of IODP Expeditions 390/393 what one piece of information they would like everyone to know about this upcoming work, here is what they had to say…
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SciQuilt – DSDP Leg 3
2September 4, 2021 by Dr. G
A quilt dedicated to the legacy of scientific ocean drilling and its role in proving the theory of plate tectonics
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TX – Gulf Coast Repository for IODP
3August 27, 2021 by Dr. G
Check out what is behind the refrigeration doors in the Gulf Coast Repository for IODP!
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