2007 December 1 (Day 16)
Weather: Fine but Cloudy
Site: C0001 (NT2-03) (33°14’ N, 136°42’ E)
Science Operations on Deck: Retrieved ROV and started run-in-hole.

Science Operations in Labs: Science party began writing Expedition Report, mainly on “method” chapter by each specialty group. Continued personal samplings from split halves in non-coring period, which was originally planned during casing operation in the latter half of the expedition. That is because we had so many whole round core samplings during first coring operation, which is a time consuming and complicated process.