JOIDES Resolution
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JOIDES Resolution (Joint Oceanographic Institutions Deep Earth Sampler) is a scientific drilling ship used by the Ocean Drilling Program, then the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program. It is the successor of the Glomar Challenger.
The ship was launched as Sedco/BP 471 ,an oil exploration vessel. It was later converted for scientific use and began working for the ODP in January 1985.
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