Key points
- Geologist Rick Miller of subcontractor Leap Energy describes the Box Corer program, which is classifying, photographing, weighing and recording nodules collected on the expedition.
- The campaign is collecting 126 box cores from water depths of 4,200 to 4,500 meters.
- Nodules are stored in sealed containers and taken to a facility on the main deck to preserve a chain of custody for resource estimation.
- Miller notes the nodules proved more friable and fragile than photographs had suggested.
