Tag Archives: R/V Atlantis

Diving deep: Exploring microbial communities under the seafloor

Posted on 7 Dec, 2017 by Kelle Freel

As we all sat staring at three large monitors in the front of the room, the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason hung on to a borehole observatory with one hydraulic arm as the other arm plugged our sampling equipment into … Continue reading →

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0.80994 leagues under the sea

Posted on 16 Nov, 2017 by Kelle Freel

After a month on the water (and a few weeks getting my land legs again), I’m happily settling back in at home. I just returned from an expedition to a site known as North Pond along the western flank of … Continue reading →

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