The Scientific Party of Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 207 would foremost like to express their appreciation to the ODP shipboard technicians and shore-based support and publication staff. They make this program a success. Captain Tom Hardy and Transocean officers and crew and Catermar staff on the JOIDES Resolution provided exceptional shipboard services. Leg 207 was not only a success but a great experience because of their efforts. We would like to thank Shell EP International Ventures Inc. and, in particular, Tom Riddle for supplying industry seismic reflection data over the Demerara Rise. Efforts in reprocessing these data by Heinrich Meyer at the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Germany, are greatly appreciated. Drs. Volkhard Spiess, Lars Zuehlsdorff, and Gerhardt Fischer of the University of Bremen and Captain Kull and crew of the expedition Meteor M49-4 acquired the site survey seismic and bathymetry data for Leg 207. These data and hence their efforts were invaluable to the project. We would like to thank the Extreme Climates PPG and the other ODP panels for supporting and providing valuable comments for the Leg 207 proposal. Walter Hale and staff at the Bremen Core Repository provided exceptional service for the postcruise sampling party—thank you.

Finally, the Leg 207 staff would like to thank Davey Jones and his SeaDog and King Neptune and his Royal Court for visiting the JOIDES Resolution to induct 27 dishonorable polywogs to the honorable league of Shellbacks at the Leg 207 equator crossing.