We’ve had a busy and exciting past few days as this coring leg gets us scientists out of the lab and into the field more often. We encountered rough seas the first day and a few technical and mechanical difficulties as we got our coring machines going, however, since Monday we’ve managed to acquire 4 gravity cores and 2 piston cores! We’ve also been getting water samples from these sites for alkalinity testing as well as running the cores through CT scans. Below are some pictures of the corer as well as a core sample which Ali and Hugh are discussing. We also have a picture of all the string we had to remove to get our machines running correctly. That process felt a lot like untangling a long line of headphone wires. Luckily the experienced coring crew had a solid method for getting it done efficiently.
