Successful multicore recovery of the last deglaciation, from the last glacial period (tan mud) to the Holocene (dark brown mud). Photo by Gene Henry. AT26-19, Juan de Fuca Ridge (2014).

Successful multicore recovery of the last deglaciation, from the last glacial period (tan mud) to the Holocene (dark brown mud). Photo by Gene Henry. AT26-19, Juan de Fuca Ridge (2014).

Not an illusion. Photo by Dave Ferguson. AT26-19, Juan de Fuca Ridge (2014).

Not an illusion. Photo by Dave Ferguson. AT26-19, Juan de Fuca Ridge (2014).

One-cm sampling really makes the time fly. Photo by Dave Ferguson. AT26-19, Juan de Fuca Ridge (2014).

One-cm sampling really makes the time fly. Photo by Dave Ferguson. AT26-19, Juan de Fuca Ridge (2014).

The night shift is happy to have finished subsampling all 24 Niskin bottles. Photo by Christopher Griner. AR23-01, NW Atlantic (2017).

The night shift is happy to have finished subsampling all 24 Niskin bottles. Photo by Christopher Griner. AR23-01, NW Atlantic (2017).

Monstrous waves in the Gulf Stream. Photo by Coquille Rex. AR23-01, NW Atlantic (2017).

Monstrous waves in the Gulf Stream. Photo by Coquille Rex. AR23-01, NW Atlantic (2017).

Biological visitor. Photo by Bridgit Boulahanis. AT26-19, Juan de Fuca Ridge. (2014)

Biological visitor. Photo by Bridgit Boulahanis. AT26-19, Juan de Fuca Ridge. (2014)

Enjoying the steel beach. Photo by Mariko McNamara. AR23-01, NW Atlantic (2017).

Enjoying the steel beach. Photo by Mariko McNamara. AR23-01, NW Atlantic (2017).

All "hands" on deck. Photo by Mariko McNamara. AR23-01, NW Atlantic (2017).

All "hands" on deck. Photo by Mariko McNamara. AR23-01, NW Atlantic (2017).

Just enough sediment. Photo by Mariko McNamara. AR23-01, NW Atlantic (2017).

Just enough sediment. Photo by Mariko McNamara. AR23-01, NW Atlantic (2017).