Hobart

Seminar abstract

Friday 30 March 2007, 11.30 am
CSIRO Auditorium, Hobart

Russ Hopcroft
University of Alaska

Biological exploration of the deep Arctic Ocean

In August 2005, a multinational team of polar scientists undertook an exploratory into the deep Arctic Ocean as part of the NOAA ocean exploration program and the international Census of Marine Life. Using a combination of traditional sampling tools, plus ROVs and scuba divers, we assessed the composition of the regions three realms: the sea ice, the water column and the seafloor.

An overview of the expedition, and its major discoveries will be presented, among them examples of the many species encountered for the first time for the Arctic, or completely undescribed species.

More info - Australian Government Antarctic Division

Images published (in National Geographic) 1 2 3 4 5

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Location:
CSIRO = Marine Laboratories Auditorium, Castray Esplanade, Hobart

For further information, or to schedule a seminar, contact:
To schedule a seminar, contact:
Karen Wild-Allen, (Oceanographic seminars) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (03) 6232 5010
Piers Dunstan, (Biological seminars) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
(03) 6232 5382
Annabel Ozimec (seminar administrator) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (03) 6232 5462
Sandra Zicus, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC (03) 6226 7888
Margaret Hazelwood, Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies (IASOS) University of Tasmania (03) 6226 2971

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