Researchers aboard the RRS James Cook have set out to determine exactly why a section of the earth’s crust is missing along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Geophysicist and mission leader Roger Searle of Durham University speaks to host Bruce Gellerman from his ship cabin.
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