Topic:Shipboard Laboratories

Broadcast 2:January 24, 2001

Mrs. Joan Linsley

JOIDES Resolution

Year Built: 1978Place of Construction:Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaRegistry Port: Monrovia, Liberia

Length: 470.5 ft.Breadth: 70.0 ft.Gross Tonnage: 7539Average Crew Compliment:25 scientists, 25 technicians61 maritime and rig crew

Dynamic PositionedDrill Ship

Laboratories

Derrick

Moon Pool

DrillPipe

Core Flow Core

Core Flow

Core Storage

Coring Tools

Drill Pipe String

DrillPipe

Life at Sea

Photo courtesy of Bryan Ladner

Guests: Co-Chief Scientist

Dr. Alexandra Isern

Ocean Studies Board

Washington, D.C., USA