Having the majority of the science team based onshore allows many experts to participate without taking up valuable space on the ship. Jameson Clark (front left) is one of the shore-side biologists, Brendan Reser (behind Jameson) is an OER staff member helping to collect and store all of the data collected during the mission, Jill McDermott is working with the team using the gas chromatograph, and Mike Cheadle (front right) is one of the geologists.