Author: Mari Heggernes Eilertsen
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Cruise report from our master students
It has been 10 days since we left Tromsø. Being so far out at sea is truly an experience that will stay with us for a long time. The feeling of having several kilometers of water between the ship and the seabed is quite strange and takes some time to get used to. Since we…
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CDeepSea cruise 2022
Over the last two weeks, the Vent & Seep project has participated in the annual cruise of the Centre for Deep Sea Research, along with other projects like Eco-Safe Ridge Mining and DeepSeaQuence. This year, the cruise visited 4 vent fields – Ægirs Kilde, Fåvne, Mohns Treasure and Loki’s Castle – and the main aim…
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AKMA-OceanSenses cruise pt 1
A song of Ice and Mud Currently, the Vent & Seep Fauna project (represented by Mari Eilertsen, and collaborators from UiT and University of Aveiro, Portugal) are participating in an Arctic cruise organized by CAGE/UiT and the AKMA and OceanSenses projects. Our main goal for the Vent & Seep Fauna project is to get good…
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Creative outreach at OPPLEV Marineholmen in Bergen
The University of Bergen celebrated their 75th anniversary last year, and in connection with that, they organized a large science festival at Marineholmen in Bergen last weekend where they invited scientists to showcase their research to the public. We in the Vent & Seep Fauna project joined forces with other projects such as DeepSeaQuence and the Center…
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Sampling has begun!
This summer we participated on a research cruise to the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge (AMOR) with the KGJ Centre for Deep-Sea Research. This was the first cruise with dedicated sampling for the Vent & Seep Fauna project. Due to COVID restrictions, the cruise started a bit slow with a 10-day on-ship quarantine for all the participants.…
