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Science In Action Returning to the North Pole Polarstern Expedition

Pictures from the recent Polarstern Expedition.

  • Setting up a temporary ice station on an ice flow
  • Deploying the under ice Remote Operated Vehicle ‘Beast’, for investigating the ice/water interface waters.
  • Preparing the Ocean Floor Observation and Bathymetry System (OFOBS), the advanced camera sled, for seafloor imaging
  • Deploying the Ocean Floor Observation and Bathymetry System (OFOBS), the advanced camera sled, for seafloor imaging.
  • Cruise leader Antje Boetius (left) and Autun Purser (right) run the underwater imaging systems at the Gakkel Ridge.
  • A pair of sea cucumbers feed on algae which has fallen from the ice to a depth of 4000m in the central arctic
  • Anemones, sea cucumbers, sea spider and amphipods are utilising a piece of wood which has sunk the deep seafloor
  • A colourful fish at 1700m depth on a seamount adjacent to the Gakkel Ridge in the central arctic.
  • An anemone amongst the sponges covering the peak of a seamount adjacent to the Gakkel Ridge
  • An octopus hovers a few centimetres from the steep flanks of a Gakkel Ridge seamount at 2000 m depth
  • The ‘Remora’ Remote Operated Vehicle, which can be launched from the towed OFOBS camera sled to investigate seafloor features
  • Working alongside the RV Polarstern on the sea ice
  • Polarstern Expedition

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  • Science In Action—Returning to the North Pole

    Ice breaker Polarstern returns to the Arctic visiting sites last explored in 2012.

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