Closing Thoughts from Chief Scientist Dr. William Sager
Statistics on Tamu Massif The Tamu Massif cruise has been tremendously successful having sailed 98% of the planned track lines in an ambitious pre-cruise plan. ...
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SOI/John Neese
Beyond Our Expectations
As I connected with my last class in Portugal, I uttered my last intro, “Hello everyone! I am Suraida Nañez-James, and I work for the...
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SOI/Suraida Nanez-James
Student Opportunity Perspective: The Voyage Home
Hello from the Pacific Ocean! This is Rachel Edwards, the Student Opportunity Participant, and I wanted to share my final thoughts and reflections on the...
MoreThe Latest on Magnetics
We are currently mapping our last survey line on Tamu Massif, and we will soon be ready to head out. The planetary Kp index, used...
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SOI/William Sager
End of Days
As the end of Magnetic Anomalies expedition draws near, we will soon complete our exploration over Tamu Massif, the World’s Largest Single Volcano. Chief Scientist...
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Leighton Rolley
Where in the World – Updates from Tamu Massif
Find out where Falkor is during her mapping of Tamu Massif from Chief Scientist William Sager. 10/29/15 We are nearing the home stretch and can...
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SOI/John Greene.
Mapping Tamu Massif One Swath at a Time
As of the 29th of October 2015, the R/V Falkor has travelled 7544.9km and covered a total of 59,814.51 sq. km of the ocean seafloor. Our...
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SOI/Rachel Edwards
Opportunity of a Lifetime
As we near the end of our journey to Tamu Massif, the “World’s Largest Single Volcano,” I thought I’d share the learning opportunities I’ve had...
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Yan Ming Huang / SOI
Reading Revealing Reversals (or Charting Magnetic Patterns to Map History)
Observations of Maggie’s Data Our magnetometer has been playfully named “Maggie,” but what she accomplishes is pure work, not recreation. Maggie records how much the...
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OI/Suraida Nanez-James
Crossing and Cleaning while Tossing and Turning
Toronto Ridge Our eight survey line was completed around midnight today, and now we are headed west to avoid the bad weather. This last survey...
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SOI/Suraida Nanez-James
Halfway Point
After two weeks of surveying Tamu Massif, we are now halfway across the volcano and about to survey the highest point. Just to give you...
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SOI/Richard Davis
Inspiring Our Youth to Explore
How much do we know about the ocean seafloor we are currently mapping? We are surveying the “World’s Largest Single Volcano” with some of the...
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Catriona Munro
Filling in the Gaps – Part II
Our fifth track is complete, and we will keep mapping Tamu Massif to fill in as many information gaps as possible. The bathymetric data is...
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William Sager
Filling in the Gaps – Part I
One Piece of the Puzzle The goal of this expedition is to gain insight as to how Tamu Massif formed by collecting two types of...
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SOI/Suraida Nanez-James
Right on Track
The best expedition is always the most uneventful one. This usually means that things are going smoothly, and we are succeeding in obtaining what we...
MoreReturn to Tamu Massif
Our Arrival After about 10 days of travel, we have finally arrived at Tamu Massif! During our transit, we mapped over 100 hours with millions...
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SOI/ Sriharsha Thoram
Quieting the Noise
Hello from the R/V Falkor, I’m Vaughn, a geophysics graduate student from the University of Houston. I consider myself very lucky to be adventuring in the...
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SOI/ William Sager
The Domain of the Golden Dragon
The seas have been calm and the crew and science team hope it stays that way for the rest of our journey to Tamu Massif....
MoreMotion of the Ocean
Once in Lifetime I’m Panya from the University of Houston and the only undergraduate student lucky enough to be part of the science team that...
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SOI
On Our Way and Already Mapping
Today Dr. Sager hosted our first of many science updates to keep everyone up to speed on our progress. R/V Falkor is still a few...
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SOI/John Neese
Meet SOI’s New Student Opportunities Participant: Rachel Edwards
Hello from the high seas, I am Rachel Edwards, the fortunate recipient of Schmidt Ocean Institutes’ Student Opportunity berth for the magnetic anomalies cruise. This...
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Will Sager
Introducing Tamu Massif, the “World’s Largest Single Volcano”
In 2013, research published by chief scientist Dr. William Sager, showed Tamu Massif to be the largest mountain in the Shatsky Rise oceanic plateau and...
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