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#IODP3NSF #Exp501 Co-chief Becky Robinson explaining the manifold setup before pump testing begins.

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July 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Andrew McIntyre, Adam Wspanialy and Graham Tulloch discuss logging and drilling strategies while Raushan Arnhardt and Margaret Stewart prepare for X501 team transfers.
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July 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Homes ❤️
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Wooden post with signs that indicate where our science team members have their homes.
June 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Erwan Le Ber showcasing successful operations of #IODP3NSF #Exp501. Main star offshore: pumping tests. Science is of course still on the works. More information: www.ecord.org/expedition501/
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Erwan Le Ber presenting IODP 3 NSF expedition 501 Erwan Le Ber presenting IODP 3 NSF expedition 501
May 7, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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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 ➡️ www.marum.de/en/Start-OnO...

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Each core was curated and labeled while still on board, and now it's time for sampling in Bremen. Photo: LEBER (at) ECORD_IODP3_NSF
January 14, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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Hidden stories - on hard hats #IODP3NSF #Exp501 ➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/07/26/h...

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July 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Meet one of the Co-chiefs Scientists, Brandon Dugan in the latest blog article on #IODP3NSF #Exp501 ➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/06/04/m...
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Brandon Dugan, one of the Co-chief scientists of Expedition 501, onboard the L/B Robert.
June 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Our home for #IODP3NSF #Exp501: Check out this lovely drone footage of L/B Robert ➡️ youtu.be/npBbmyN5_00%... #ECORDScienceOperator #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling
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June 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Successful tests: The team on Night Shift running the first successful pump test, and successfully extracting low salinity water from the aquifer. #picoftheday #ECORDScienceOperator #IODP3NSF #Exp501 #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling
Successful tests: The team on Night Shift running the first successful pump test, and successfully extracting low salinity water from the aquifer.
June 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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#clipoftheday 📹 Sunrise on L/B Robert during IODP³-NSF Expedition 501 🌅

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July 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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First samples, first cores, first transfer to L/B Robert - #IODP3NSF #Exp501 has successfully started 🌊 🚢 🔬

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First water sample taken from offshore. Photo: LeBer@ECORD_IODP3_NSF ESO Colleague fixes expedition logo on one of the ESO containers. Photo: LeBer@ECORD_IODP3_NSF First supply and transfer vessel arrives at L/B Robert. Photo: Stewart@ECORD_IODP3_NSF
May 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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🚢🔬Meet Mojgan Soleimani: Reading through history
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Meet Mojgan Soleimani: Reading through history
For many people, studying rocks may seem like a stagnant discipline, but for Mojgan Soleimani, it’s anything but. A post-doctorate candidate at the University of Montpellier in France, she views ge…
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June 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Another day of work aboard the L/B Robert for #Expedition501.
In the photo, Rachel Bell and Alize Longeau collect a sample from a core at Hole M0113A, while Graham Tulloch observes.🌎

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July 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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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!
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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…
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August 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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#IODP3NSF #Exp501 team members being transferred onto the L/B Robert by Billy Pugh basket after a foggy transit.
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X501 team members being transferred onto the L/B Robert by Billy Pugh basket after a foggy transit.
July 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Behind the Core: A Day in the Life of Offshore Science and Drilling ➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/05/27/b...
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Behind the Core: A Day in the Life of Offshore Science and Drilling
There are days in offshore research that stand out, days that go beyond the routine of shifts, sample handling, and logging. One such day was recently hosted by Matrix’s Chris Delahunty and his tea…
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May 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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“But the Earth will do what the Earth is gonna do.” - New blog entry ➡️
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Moving
As 90-ish days of science at sea go tick, tick, ticking by, the fog rolls in and out. Waves rise and fall. Researchers and crew come and go from near and far as offshore stints begin and end. Exped…
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July 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Netflix recommendations, but for your stomach: Read in our latest blog how Chief Steward Thomas organises the menu for crew and science team on L/B Robert #IODP3NSF #Exp501.🚢 🔬 🌊 ➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/t...
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The Galley That Runs the Ship: Expedition 501’s True Command Centre
Out here in the middle of the ocean, on IODP³-NSF Expedition 501, the nearest grocery store is somewhere back on land, and the weather can throw a tantrum at any minute. Food isn’t just food. It’s …
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June 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Tasting Science. And Root Beer. With Ice Cream? New Blog entry #IODP3NSF #Exp501
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July 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Research is a process. Read about the processes during #IODP3NSF #Exp501 pump tests in the latest blog entry.

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July 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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When science meets poetry 🌎📜

New blog entry from #Expedition501 ➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/07/14/p...

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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…
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July 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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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. 🧪📊 #Exp501 #LabLife #ECORDScienceOperator #IODP3NSF #Exp501 #ScientificOceanDrilling
January 22, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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At night on the platform: Wireline Complete, Engines Ahead - Captain in Command
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Wireline Complete, Engines Ahead: Captain in Command
Operations at Hole M0111B wrapped up with the final wireline logging runs after core recovery. The logging team, Simon Barry and Erwan Le Ber, mobilised the wireline tools for a planned sequence of…
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June 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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🛳️ Glance back: Celebrating operational and scientific milestones #IODP3NSF #Exp501 as a team!
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Coring Ahead: Offshore Team on Expedition 501 Achieves Scientific and Operational Milestones at Site M0111
Two weeks into operations at offshore Site M0111, by 5 June 2025, 04:00 EDT, the team reached Core 171R at a depth of 389.18 meters below the seafloor in Hole B, with over 500 samples collected. In…
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June 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Reporting from M0112A: With Superstition, Science, and a Side of Sea Fog - new blog entry from #IODP3NSF #Exp501
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July 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM