Last night we achieved our first BIG success! We drilled through the well-cemented tuff Surtsey’s hydrothermal system, and into the deeper deposits of the volcano below 160 m depth. We had nearl...Read More
A short video of a helicopter loop around the east crater on Surtsey. Video was taken on the return trip from Heimaey, where used material from Surtsey was offloaded. August 9th, 2017....Read More
These bomb sags are bomb sized (> 64 mm) fragments of erupted material that have fallen onto a mixture of ash and water. The deformation caused by this event was preserved as the rock solidified. &...Read More
An electrical engineer who is waiting to go to Surtsey helped out immensely by fixing the dishwasher in the kitchen. He also was invaluable in fixing the MSCL machine, which was also functioning impro...Read More
We only have so many private rooms in Heimaey. Thankfully, we have lots of mattresses. This is a mock bedroom created by piling many mattresses together to form a wall. This is in the main room of the...Read More
Scientists at work getting a core ready to be washed at the washing station. Core must be washed before it can be imaged. An example of a freshly washed core. This is the first time core has been remo...Read More
To properly record information about the core for later scientific use, the International Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) inputs information into the Drilling Information System (DIS). Some of the ...Read More