Tuesday, February 22, 2005...

Today is our last full day of surveying and sampling with Jason II. In darkness on Wednesday morning, the indefatigable vehicle was brought back on deck and secured. Over the course of this cruise, Jason II collected tens of thousands of photographs and hundreds of hours of video through its various camera systems; sampled and recovered approximately 260 lava, dike, gabbro, fault breccia and hydrothermal vein samples; and made over 100 orientation measurements using the geocompass. We are grateful for the outstanding efforts of the WHOI Jason II group, who worked round-the-clock to make this all happen.