Number of Cores: 5 Total Length of Cored Section: 23.5 meters Total Core Recovered: 9.6 meters Principal Results: We drilled three holes at Site 353 near the north wall of the Vema Fracture Zone, but did not achieve the primary goal, penetration of basement. We abandoned Hole 353 at 384 meters, in Pleistocene turbidite sediments, because the Bowen drilling subassembly failed. In Holes 353A and 353B, we were unable to penetrate a basalt cobble layer, at least 13 meters thick, which underlies 168 meters of turbidite sediments; so we had to abandon these holes as well. Sediments collected indicate that the wall of the fracture zone has itself been a sediment source, in addition to the Amazon Cone area, which provided the bulk of the material.