Margot's Blog

All work and no play make 52 people on a ship a dull bunch. So even though some days are pretty full-on, with cores coming in on deck in ra...

The North Sea. It has quite a reputation. I packed sea sickness medication when I got ready for the cruise. We’ve been in the North Sea...

We’re coring in the northern North Sea. Some days ago we were coring in the northern North Sea. But something is different. Back then we wer...

Two cruises, same project. Same boat, same starting port, largely same crew. Same cruise? Hell no! Doing a second cruise makes for a nice...

The BGS chaps were recognisable by the dripping helmets, the dirty clothes and the tired looks. Hour after hour they spent trying to ...

I wrote about trouble with the corers. I had seen nothing yet. We cored happily for some two days, and then things deteriorated. The vi...