While one PhD student of the WALDO-project went to Italy for a foraminifera summer school, the other joined a survey with RV Simon Stevin (VLIZ) in the southern North Sea. As part of the Deep History project, seismic data (PES and single-channel sparker) and core data (vibrocore) were being gathered the 10-15th of June. And while people in Belgium were ‘suffering’ from the heatwave, the North Sea gave us the most lovely, sunny – and not as hot – weather for the survey.