Fieldwork rocks: Marooned on purpose

You might think of a deserted island when you picture being marooned, but for some geology researchers the island is their research ship. To collect samples of rocks and sediments from deep beneath the ocean, scientists park a ship called the JOIDES Resolution in place out at sea. That gives them plenty of time to drill for their samples, but it also means spending two months offshore. We talked with Luan Heywood, a marine science technician who sails for six months a year on the JR and with Ally Peccia, a grad student who sailed on a two-month expedition, about the science they do on the ship and how they felt about their time at sea. This episode was produced by Sara Whitlock and mixed by Collin Warren . Artwork by Jace Steiner .

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Fieldwork rocks: Marooned on purpose is an episode from Third Pod from the Sun by American Geophysical Union.

This episode is 00:30:33 long.

This episode was published on Jul 14, 2023.

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