Author: Deborah Kelley

17 September 2023 It was midnight, when we started our last dive at Axial Seamount. J-1561. Recovering the 14 ft tall Hydrothermal

September 10, 2023

12 September 2023 As my seasickness alleviates, I head out to the van for my first dive at the base of Axial

September 10, 2023

11 September 2023 The past few days have been fast-paced and slow at the same time. During my first shift in the

September 10, 2023

16 September 2023 After we made the difficult decision to make the 18-hour transit back to the Axial caldera, we were hoping

September 10, 2023

16 September 2023 Today I woke to a peaceful and glassy transit punctuated by a 7:30 alarm. It played a little tune,

September 10, 2023

30 August 2023 Surveying Southern Hydrate Ridge I have just emerged from the Jason control van after perhaps the most exciting night

September 4, 2023

Southern Hydrate Ridge (SHR) is a highly dynamic environment with multiple sites where methane gas bubbles are issuing from the seafloor, derived

September 2, 2023

Under very calm seas and beautiful blue skies, Leg 1 comes to an end…along the way we have experienced multiple successes –

August 22, 2023

Dax Soule, Queens College This has been a challenging few days at sea. You might not expect that a team of scientists

August 20, 2023

August 17, 2023 It feels like ages since we left Newport, but we are just starting DAY 4! How can that be?

August 17, 2023