
Cameron Dalke Leg 4 Blog
11 September 2023 The past few days have been fast-paced and slow at the same time. During my first shift in the
11 September 2023 The past few days have been fast-paced and slow at the same time. During my first shift in the
16 September 2023 After we made the difficult decision to make the 18-hour transit back to the Axial caldera, we were hoping
16 September 2023 Today I woke to a peaceful and glassy transit punctuated by a 7:30 alarm. It played a little tune,
Leg 3 (which was completed on 6 September) was a mix of highs and lows. We started with rough weather conditions that
30 August 2023 Surveying Southern Hydrate Ridge I have just emerged from the Jason control van after perhaps the most exciting night
5 September 2023 Today, September 5th, started with some more logging in the van. I got to see lots of cool geological
Unlike Leg 2, where we had almost creepily calm conditions, Leg 3 once again began with unfavorable weather. Even staying in port
Southern Hydrate Ridge (SHR) is a highly dynamic environment with multiple sites where methane gas bubbles are issuing from the seafloor, derived
Although our visit to Axial Seamount on this leg was brief, we accomplished much in the roughly 36 hours we spent onsite.
After the successful conclusion of the very challenging first leg of VISIONS’23, we demobilized from Leg 1 and mobilized for Leg 2