Ship's Schedule

Leg name
Cruise dates
Port of origin*
Total days
Days in transit
Days on site
Leg 170
Costa Rica 22 October-16 December 1996 San Diego, California, U.S.A. 561145
Leg 171A
Barbados LWD

(Logging While Drilling)

21 December 1996-8 January 1997 Panama 18711
Leg 171B
Blake Nose 9 January-14 February 1997 Bridgetown, Barbados 36630
Leg 172
NW Atlantic Sediment Drifts 19 February-16 April 1997 Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A. 561541
Leg 173
Iberia 21 April-16 June 1997 Lisbon, Portugal 561046
Leg 174A
New Jersey Shelf 21 June-19 July 1997 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 28325
Leg 174B
CORK Hole 395A 22 July-10 August 1997 New York, New York, U.S.A. 19145
Leg 175
Benguela 15 August-10 October 1997 Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain 561937
Leg 176
Hole 735B 1523 October-10 December 1997 Cape Town, South Africa 561640
Leg 177
Southern Ocean Paleoceanography 15 December-9 February 1998 Cape Town, South Africa 561640
Leg 178
Antarctic Peninsula 14 February-11 April 1998 Puntas Arenas, Chile 56 18 38
Leg 179
NERO/Hammer Drilling 16 April-30 May 1998 Cape Town, South Africa 44 22 22
Leg 180
Woodlark Basin 4 June-30 July 1998 Singapore* 56 14 42
Leg 181
SW Pacific Gateways 4 August-29 September 1998 Townsville, Australia 56 15 41
Leg 182
Great Australian Bright 4 October-29 November 1998 Wellington, New Zealand 56 13 43
Leg 183
Kerguelen 4 December-2 February 1998 Fremantle, Australia 60    
Although five-day port calls are generally scheduled, the ship sails when ready.
* Under review.

Ship's name change

The name of the ship has been officially changed through the Liberian Registry from the "SEDCO/BP471" to the "JOIDES Resolution" effective 11 November 1996.

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