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Cruise Report for NBP 95-07

Concluding Comments

My participation in October '95 sailing of the RV/IB Nathaniel B. Palmer has given me a real sense of what geological and geophysical research is and how it is accomplished. This cruise and my travel afterwards have helped me visualize geologic and geophysical concepts in a three-dimensional, hands-on manner. It has helped bring ideas discussed in classes and seen in textbooks into the context of the real world - a field course like no other. It has helped me understand that geologic processes, such as deformation and weathering, are just that, processes - active, continuous processes not isolated, disconnected events. It has also given me a sense of the scope of geological and geophysical research. They cover a wide ranging subject matter and can take one to the edge of the known world in a quest for new information. Additionally this cruise has allowed me to prove, not only to myself but also to the veterans supporting the ship, that I can successfully meet the challenges of extended shipboard work in a harsh, remote region such as Antarctica. I look forward to my next field experience and my next shipboard experience. I would like to thank Dr. Lawver for providing me with this opportunity and the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics for supporting me in this endeavor.

A parting shot.

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James E. Lundy
Masters of Science in Geological Sciences
Department of Geological Sciences
The University of Texas at Austin