
Rowan Newell Blog Leg 4
15 September 2023 Arriving at the Oregon Offshore Site, the day started (not so) bright and early as we began with a
15 September 2023 Arriving at the Oregon Offshore Site, the day started (not so) bright and early as we began with a
16 September 2023 It’s crazy to think that in less than 48 hours I will be back with land in sight. I
17 September 2023 It was midnight, when we started our last dive at Axial Seamount. J-1561. Recovering the 14 ft tall Hydrothermal
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
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