Week three of our cruise has passed and the time has seemingly flown by and trickled at a glacial rate. We began the week in the midst of being on our third station and it has become the problem child. During the 5 days we were at station we continually faced equipment, weather and sediment difficulties though luckily to no detriment to morale. For several of the days the weather kept us from deploying off deck part of the time. That coupled with difficult ocean conditions limiting the amount of usable cores meant we had our work cut out for us. It was certainly rewarding for all when we recovered the last core onto deck and made our heading for our next station. The next several days of transit were a welcomed change of pace with several projects to take on, both small and large. We arrived on station Tuesday morning refreshed and ready to get that mud. Unfortunately this sediment was far too dry for the science party’s liking and thinking quickly they decided to move overnight attempting to find more favorable conditions. Hopefully our new location holds mud worthy of our efforts.
