2007 October 23 (Day 33)
Weather: Fine but Cloudy
Site: C0003(NT2-01) (33°13’ N, 136°42’ E)
Science Operations on Deck: Continued to pull out of the lower part of drill pipes and LWD assembly in the hole at Site C0003A (NT2-01). ROV jumped to the sea and monitors and making up and running overshot assembly.

Science Operations in Labs: Data analysis and interpretation was continued in each group and across groups for the Site C0002A. Lab technicians continued training and testing instruments; cryogenic magnetometer, XRD, elemental analyzer, ICP-AES and titrator.