The Onshore Science Party takes place after the offshore operations are completed and as soon as the cores are transferred to the Bremen Core Repository (BCR).
The Onshore Science Party of Expedition 302 was held from 8 to 23 November, 2004.
Expedition 302 Science Party and ECORD Science Operator personnel during the Onshore Science Party at Bremen docks (© ECORD/IODP).
Holger Kuhlmann (left) and Alex Wülbers (right) split a core of the Arctic Coring Expedition (J. Grützner © ECORD/IODP).
Heike Delius and Brice Rea (EPC scientists) checking the thermal conductivity measurement station at initiation of the Onshore Science Party (J. Gruetzner © ECORD/IODP).
From left to right, Jens Matthiessen (AWI, Bremerhaven) Martin Jakobsson (Stockholm University), Matt O'Regan (University of Rhode Island) and Masanobu Yamamoto (Hokkaido University) describing the cores of Expedition 302 (J. Gruetzner © ECORD/IODP).
From left to right, Steve Clemens (Brown University), Alexey Krylov (VNIIOkeangeologia), Jens Matthiessen (AWI, Bremerhaven), Kate Moran (University of Rhode Island) and Mike Kaminski (University College London) describing a core with a sharp colour change (J. Gruetzner © ECORD/IODP).
Jan Backman (Co-chief Scientist) and scientists examine ACEX cores during the Onshore Science Party in Bremen (J. Gruetzner © ECORD/IODP).
Matt O'Regan (University of Rhode Island) uses the fall-cone device to measure the shear strength in Arctic sediments retrieved during Expedition 302 (J. Gruetzner © ECORD/IODP).
Micropaleontologists Rick Jordan (Yamagata University) and Nalan Koç (Norwegian Polar Institute) doing microscopic studies during the Onshore Science Party of Expedition 302 (J. Gruetzner © ECORD/IODP).
Data input to the MSP database (C. Graham © ECORD/IODP).
From left to right, Henk Brinkhuis (Utrecht Univerity), Theodore Moore (University of Michigan and Jérômr Gattaceca (CEREGE) sampling the cores of Expedition 302 during the Onshore Science Party in Bremen (© ECORD/IODP).
Dan Evans (ESO Science Manager) during the Onshore Science Party of Expedition 302 (© ECORD/IODP).
Theodore Moore (University of Michigan) and Kristen St John admire the freshly printed T-shirt logo (J. Gruetzner © ECORD/IODP).
Refrigerated hall of the new Bremen Core Reporitory in November 2004 (J. Gruetzner © ECORD/IODP).