Expedition 501 has transitioned from sea to shore. With 718 sediment cores recovered, nearly 873 m of core material, and >50,000 L of fluids, the science teams are now focused on sampling and analysis at MARUM. 🧪📊 Latest Blog:
🔗 https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/scientists-descend-on-marum-as-expedition-501-enters-its-onshore-phase/
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Scientists Descend on MARUM as Expedition 501 Enters Its Onshore Phase
Scientists from around the world have converged at MARUM – Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, marking the start of the onshore phase of IODP³-NSF Expedition 501. Partic…
We warmly welcome the Science Team of IODP³-NSF Expedition 501 to #MARUM and to kick off the onshore research here!
Read more about the onshore operation and the expedition here ➡️ https://www.marum.de/en/Start-OnO501.html
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Good bye L/B Robert, good bye offshore operations of #IODP3NSF #Exp501! Thanks to our fantastic drilling team, ship's crew and science team!
Check out some numbers ➡️https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/good-bye-l-b-robert/
And make sure to keep following - more offshore blogs to come, and onshore operations start mid January!
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Good bye L/B Robert!
93 operational days. 74 days at sea. 718 cores. 3 Sites. 6 Holes. 9 pump tests. 61 scientists and ESO team members at sea. 122 transfers on and off the L/B Robert. It is now time to say good bye to…
Glimpse into life offshore: Ship-2-Shore Event
“What different jobs do people have on the platform?” was one of the manyquestions asked during the Q&A portion of the recent IODP³-NSF X501 ship-to-shore event that was hosted by the School of…
Hidden Stories
Offshore we all wear white helmets, which is mandatory, and most of them have the wearer’s name on them. Some, however, have much more than that… and no, not all of them can be explaine…
Reporting from M0112A: With Superstition, Science, and a Side of Sea Fog
If you ever thought scientific ocean drilling was all equations and core samples, think again. There’s also drama, superstition, and just a sprinkle of chaos. As we wound up operations at Hole M011…
IODP³-NSF Expedition 501: Sunrise on L/B Robert
Pure poetry
Beneath ocean floorFossil roots sleep in old soilWhispers of past land Geoscientist Sara Polanco penned this exquisite poem, a haiku, to describe a core that recently arrived on deck of the L/B ROB…
Pumping takes heart
It’s 6:30 a.m. IODP3-NSF Expedition 501 Co-Chief scientist Rebecca (Becky) Robinson sits down next to me in the galley. Becky is midway through a 12-hour shift that hasn’t ever actually ended for t…
#IODP3NSF #Exp501 team members being transferred onto the L/B Robert by Billy Pugh basket after a foggy transit.
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