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Drilling Hole D on our 2nd site. We'll be here 24 hour hours, then back to the shelf http://bit.ly/6Rl30y 13 minutes ago from Facebook
I posted 5 photos on Facebook in the album "Christmas on the JR" http://bit.ly/6ko8Bn about 3 hours ago from Facebook
Our record breaking hole is cemented and finished! about 7 hours ago from web
The seas are too rough for us to drill at our next site on the Continental Shelf. Right now the co-chiefs are... http://bit.ly/5STWPC about 8 hours ago from Facebook
Lifeboat drill in 3 hours 10:41 AM Dec 19th from web
Wondering if the seals wil stay away long enough for us to do seismic profiling on this hole. 3:04 AM Dec 19th from web
We finished off this hole at a depth of 1927 meters (1.2 miles) and an age of Late Eocene (~35 million years old). ... http://bit.ly/5t7bOU 2:57 AM Dec 19th from Facebook
We've hit a definite limestone which is coming up in chunks. The techs are having to split each chunk of core individually. 7:22 AM Dec 18th from web
We've hit our target of the Marshall Paraconformity and the bottom of the hole seems to be in the neighborhood of... http://bit.ly/4Ugwjh 5:14 AM Dec 18th from Facebook
And the stockings were hung in the galley with care! http://bit.ly/6cLH75 1:52 PM Dec 17th from Facebook
Our last core on deck was from a depth of 1803 m, which means we've drilled just over a mile below the seafloor. 6:05 AM Dec 17th from web
We're getting an age of about 18 million years at the bottom of our current hole based on microfossil ages. Well... http://bit.ly/8j3bEB 4:55 AM Dec 17th from Facebook
I posted 2 photos on Facebook in the album "Exp 317 Whale (?) Fossils" http://bit.ly/6PjXlE 3:33 AM Dec 17th from Facebook
High resolution sampling of a Bering Sea core section at the sampling party in Japan http://bit.ly/5y3ML0 11:43 AM Dec 16th from Facebook
The Expedition 323 (Bering Sea) scientists at their sampling party at the Kochi Core Center in Kochi University http://bit.ly/5Rq8Rf 11:40 AM Dec 16th from Facebook
I posted 7 photos on Facebook in the album "Christmas on the JR" http://bit.ly/6ko8Bn 5:29 AM Dec 16th from Facebook
JR Trivia for the day: One a single 60 day expedition, we go through 10,000 eggs, 4000 liters of milk and 1000 lbs of flour 4:52 AM Dec 16th from web
Some fossil bones were found in the core located about 1700 m. below seafloor. They've been tentatively identified... http://bit.ly/5ucoqf 4:45 AM Dec 16th from Facebook
Expedition 317 has collected the deepest microbiology samples on record. 9:23 AM Dec 15th from web
The drillers are currently performing a "Wiper Trip" on the hole. This involves pulling the pipe up a few hundred... http://bit.ly/859FNN 3:19 AM Dec 15th from Facebook

Name JOIDES Resolution
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Bio The JR is an amazing ship that explores beneath the sea floor, taking core samples and measurements to give scientists a glimpse into Earth’s past.