We are now almost 1800 meters below the surface. Highly altered volcanic rock - might be basalt, hard to tell. I have seen Jurassic submarine basalts that look better than this. The drillers are pressing ahead to make as much core as possible before the geophysical loggers show up Thursday morning (20 Jan). Warm weather and a strong wind have melted almost all the snow at drill site, leaving mud wallows where ever there is no gravel pad. But it beats freezing. [J Shervais]