Leo Richards Blog Legs 2&3
30 August 2023 Surveying Southern Hydrate Ridge I have just emerged from the Jason control van after perhaps the most exciting night
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
4-5 September 2023 Leg 3 has felt like a complete blur compared to Leg 2. I cannot believe that we are already
Under very calm seas and beautiful blue skies, Leg 1 comes to an end…along the way we have experienced multiple successes –
6 September 2023 I spent most of the evening of the 4th sitting in the ROV control van watching Jason working around
6 September 2003 The transit back to Newport was still underway when I woke up for breakfast. I managed to borrow an