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“Cold water corals Reefs”
An expedition story
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The Marine Environment
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What it is all About
About ecology
About economics
About Marine Environment
About hydrography
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What is Hydrography
Hydrograhy Ocanography Limnology
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The Marine Environment ?
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All came together
Ro/Ro Vinca Gorthon Built 1987 Sunk 1988 Pipeline Unocal
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COAST GUARD MV WAKER
Watchdog on the North Sea
Environmental survey
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Dutch Delta
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Oil on the Beach
• Economic problem • Dutch Delta • Green hearth • triangle • Antwerpen • Rotterdam • Ruhr Area
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Economic Disaster
>20 % income from Tourism
Mainly Mom and Dad business
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Offshore Survey
• ROTV • ROV • Project Management • Consultancy
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SEA foundation
The sustainable exploration
Education and Research of the
Sea
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Sustainable Exploration of the SEA
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SEA Education
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SEA Research
ZEELANDIS ROV System
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The Expedition
Invited by : Oceanium NIOZ
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Deep-water coral reefs
occur in the upper bathyal zone
throughout the world
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Looks likes this
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Lophelia Pertusa
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ROV project scope
1) Getting close-up video footage for public awareness and outreach.
2) Testing of capabilities of a low cost, micro-ROV system in conjunction with the operational possibilities of RV Pelagia and her hoisting systems.
3) If possible: sampling of species underwater with the ROV manipulator.
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The expedition People
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The Expedition RV Pelagia
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The Expedition Gear
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More Gear
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More Gear
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More Gear
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Project Area
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EM 300 Multi Beam
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CTD Profile
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SVP Probe
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Mission Control
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Search
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Search
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Box corer sampling
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Box Corer sampling
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ROV garage
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ROV garage
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ROV garage
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Station Keeping
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Station keeping
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Direct Inspection
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First Results 1
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First Results 2
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First Results 3
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We are aware of just 10% of what is down there on our own
sea floor.
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