Day 11 - 5 July
We continue to hunt our elusive hydrothermal zone with CTDs and the ROV.
Hovedinnhold
Position: 73N 8E
Temperature: 6.4 (air) 7.2 (water)
Wind speed: 7.0m/s
Wave height: 2.0m (average)
Visibility: good
Weather: overcast
Yesterday's five-hour ROV trek highlighted various lava flows, areas of sediments, a wood fall, an encounter with a "dumbo" octopus and more.
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The ROV collected some rock and sediment samples that kept Christoffer Schander, our macrofauna specialist, busy all night. Gallery
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