The Scribe

"Ah, who is the scribe?" You ask. This fantastic blog has been kept alive by Professor Catherine Rigsby. She has solicited and elicited some help from the rest of us sloths, but Catherine has written most of the interesting and entertaining entries about our expedition. At the same time, among many other tasks, Catherine has undertaken the heroic effort of cataloging every sample taken aboard the ship. Every time we take a core, every time we sub-sample a core, every time we take a water sample, etc., Catherine makes an entry in the cruise spreadsheet. As you can see, this work has been a real pain in the neck:

Long lists of samples such as this:

are needed for our scientific work and, more immediately, for sample clearance by the Brazilian Departamento Nacional de Produçao Mineral and Brazilian Customs.

Thank you Catherine!!