Part 2 Natural Laboratory recovery and deployment

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In Part 2 researchers will return to the hydrothermal vents discovered in 2005 and 2006 to recover sampling devices set out in 2006 and set out new ones. Guaranteed frontier science, fabulous images and an intense multi-disciplinary 10 day period will characterise this portion of the cruise.

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Waiting to leave

18.07.2008 The ship is resting in Tromsø. The crew and the main part of the scientists from the first leg have left for a well deserved holiday, and a new crew and new scientists are embarking the G.O.Sars. The weather is nice, typical for the summer in the north of Norway; calm and cloudy. Nothing...

While we're waiting......

19.07.2008 We are still on our way and the weather is fine. Most people are sleeping until late, but the microbiologists are impatient, and want to test some equipment. The ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) operators Stein and Frank as well as Stig, have to improvise some extra details, and soon...

It's getting closer

20.07.2008 Another day spent waiting. The mapping continues, and from the bridge they can see whales, but they don't tell us! The scientists are busy teaching each other what they are doing, and everybody has something to learn. We have the opportunity to get updated in microbiology, one of the main...

Time for action!

21.07.2008 People have been working continously since we reached the operation area last night. The CTD fetched water to all who needed, and the macrobiologists got a "box core" that kept them busy all night long. The microbiologists have been searching for bacterias since early morning, and water...

High wind hampers the work

22.07.2008 Because of the very high wind today the ROV can't dive. Somebody has some work to do from yesterday, but the majority is happy to have a rest. We can use the CTD in periods, and it has been down for samples of water for methane analysis. Also the box core has made some work for the...

Exciting findings from the deep

23.07.2008 Today the wind is more calm, and the ROV and the gravity corer can be operated. In the early morning the macrobiologists got a box core from the the "Troll wall", and so we went to the caldera area to get some gravity cores. In Soria Moria we were supposed to collect another set of...

Sulfur doesn't smell good

24.07.2008 The activity in the morning was low; some box cores and sediments were collected without great sucsess, and the CTD collected water to search for viruses. The ROV went on strike when it should be used for mapping, and some bacterias had eaten the beautiful preparate from yesterday. Shit!...

Last working day

25.07.2008 The incubators that we do not get up today will just have to wait for another cruise. Tonight we have to begin the return trip home if we are to arrive in Bodø in time for the next cruise’s start date. The researchers are having a “powwow” to decide which tasks will be prioritized and the...

Day for cleaning up

26.07.2008 Today we can feel that the scientists are about to finish their practical work. Only the microbiologists are still going strong, cultivating bacterias. People are sitting with their PC's writing reports and summarizing their results. And; all the lab.s and equipment have to be cleaned, ...

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