Dear RIDGE scientist,
On Tuesday March 30th public television will broadcast a NOVA
documentary called 'Volcanoes of the Deep'. Watch as scientists harvest
and recover black smoker chimneys.
More details of the expedition and the equipment used are available at:
NOVA:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/abyss/
University of Washington:
http://www.ocean.washington.edu/outreach/revel
ROPOS deep submergence ROV:
http://www.ropos.com
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution:
http://www.marine.whoi.edu/ships/rovs/rovs.htm
American Museum of Natural History:
http://www.amnhonline.org/expeditions/blacksmokers/
Randy Keller
RIDGE Coordinator
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