Lamont Weekly Report – June 29, 2007

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W Palisades, New York 10964

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- Letter from the Director
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I have been in Bremerhaven Germany all week attending meetings of the organization that manages the Integrated Ocean Drilling program. This very large (more than $100M per year) international program is struggling with budget realities that are driven by a wide range of factors ranging from reductions in NSF support to escalating costs within industry for drilling platforms. But despite all the difficulties the program expects that in 2008 there will be scientific drilling operations involving three separate platforms - Japan's riser drilling vessel (NanTroSeize), the US rebuilt JOIDES Resolution (Equatorial Pacific and Bering Sea), and Europe's mission specific platform operations (drilling off New Jersey and perhaps Australia's great Barrier Reef).

Sadly northern Germany lived up to it's reputation for inclement weather - every day has seen low cloud and rain 'falling' mostly horizontally at speeds in excess of 20 knots, defying the most deftly positioned umbrella.

Have a great weekend,

Mike

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