While our drillers are hard at work moving forward towards geological drilling, our newly arrived science team are working at lightning speed to get prepared for when we have our first core on deck. They’ve dug out a pit for cold storage of microbiology samples. These need to be kept at around -20°C. The warm science container has been transformed into a lab, ready to X-ray cores and take sediment samples for microbiological analysis. The team were thrilled to find a note from last season left with the lab supplies wishing them well!