Author: Mari Heggernes Eilertsen
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New publication reveals identity of the small eelpout from Arctic vents and seeps
A new paper from the CBE Arctic Team and collaborators, led by Peter Møller from the Natural History Museum Denmark, University of Copenhagen, provides new information on a poorly known small Arctic eelpout If you’ve watched ROV footage from the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge, you may have seen a small fish resting on chimneys and among…
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EXTREME26 cruise: Cold seeps along the Norwegian margin
In May this year, Mari, Christian, and Selma from CBE Arctic joined a research cruise with the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø to study ecosystems associated with methane seeps along the Norwegian continental shelf, from Tromsø and the Barents Sea in the north to Bergen and the North Sea in the south. The cruise was…
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New student: Selma has joined the team!
This year we have a new master student joining us – Selma Berg Eriksen – who will be doing a master project on the fauna of the Jøtul vent field. Selmas project explores the recently discovered Jøtul hydrothermal vent field, located 3000 meters below the surface on the Knipovich Ridge between Greenland and Svalbard. Hydrothermal…
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Night at the aquarium
The CBE Arctic team brought worm forests to the night at the aquarium event in Bergen! Recently, Christian and Brenda teamed up with colleagues from the Centre for Deep-Sea Research to host a stand at Bergen Aquarium’s “Night at the Aquarium” event. Surrounded by dimly lit aquariums, the public was invited to discover Norway’s deep…
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EXTREME25 Expedition: Exploring Extreme Environments Through Science and Art
In November, researchers from CBE Arctic at the University of Bergen (UiB) embarked on an extraordinary journey as part of the EXTREME25 expedition, organized by the Arctic University of Norway (Tromsø) through the EXTREMES project. Aboard the state-of-the-art research vessel RV Kronprins Haakon, Mari H. Eilertsen and PhD student Christian L. Nilsson joined an international group of scientists to…
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A wide variety of outreach: scientific pints, sailings and presentations
The CBE Arctic team has had a busy spring with many outreach events. In May, the Pint of Science Bergen team and Centre for Deep Sea Research, UiB hosted a special evening at Litteraturhuset i Bergen titled “Into the abyss: creatures of the deep sea”, as part of the Pint of Science 2025, a science…
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The CBE Arctic Team is growing!
Top image, from left: Tone Ulvatn (technician), Brenda L. Esteban Vazquez (PhD student), Mari H. Eilertsen (PI), Kristoffer F. Nilsen (master student) and Christian Nilsson (PhD student). With the WormFEST project kicking off, the CBE Arctic team has expanded by hiring another PhD student – Christian Nilsson. Christians PhD project focuses on the community structure…
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Deep Sea Biology Symposium in Hong Kong
The CBE Arctic team, together with other colleagues from the University of Bergen, recently returned from a lovely week in Hong Kong where we attended the 17th Deep Sea Biology Symposium – the largest international conference focusing on deep sea environments. The CBE Arctic Team was represented by Mari and Brenda, traveling together with Irina…
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Exploring chemosynthesis-based ecosystems in the Arctic: 2024 Research Cruise Highlights
So far this year, the CBE Arctic team had the opportunity to participate in two research cruises. The first cruise was the second leg of the EXTREME24 cruise organized by our collaborators at the Arctic University of Norway (UiT) with Giuliana Panieri as cruise leader. This was a relatively short cruise of about a week…
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Vent and Seep Fauna @ Science by the Sea
Researchers and students involved in the Vent and Seep Fauna project recently presented our work at the Science by the Sea event organized by the Centre for Deep Sea Research at the University of Bergen. The event was a full day seminar with presentations by researchers from the centre on a broad range of topics…
