Extreme 2008 cruise
http://www.expeditions.udel.edu/extreme08/
An expedition to explore deep-sea hydrothermal vents at the East Pacific Rise and Guaymas Basin - the new interactive website includes a special Teacher's Corner, Extreme Activities for students, daily blogs, a chance to listen in live during research dives, and much more.
Ridge Crest News
Education and Outreach: Extreme 2008 cruise
Discovery of world’s most northerly black smokers at 73°N
The InterRidge Office has just received news that the world's most northerly black smoker hydrothermal vent field was discovered at 2400m in the North Atlantic at 73°N. The discovery occurred on July 12, 2008, during a cruise led by Rolf B. Pedersen, Professor of Geology and leader of the Centre for Geobiology at the University of Bergen, Norway. The cruise included PIs from Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, and USA.
Daily dispatches from multi-disciplinary cruise to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
A multi-disciplinary cruise aboard the R/V Revelle with ROV Jason II is underway at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge from 9 July - 8 August 2008. The cruise includes three science teams, led by scientists Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Jeff Seewald, and Bill Seyfried and Kang Ding from the USA. Participants also come from China, Portugal, Russia, and The Netherlands. They will study the geochemistry, geology, microbiology, and biology of the Rainbow, Lucky Strike, Lost City, and Snake Pit vent sites.
Tune into the cruise website for daily dispatches: http://www.deepseavoyage.research.pdx.edu/.
Cruise underway at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 45 degrees 30' N
Daily dispatches are posted from 23 May to 28 June 2008 for Cruise JC24 of
RRS James Cook, at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 45 degrees 30' N.
Log on to watch the action as the scientific team, led by Dr. Roger Searle
(Durham University, UK), uses the ROV Isis for a detailed study of the
geology and geochemistry of the axial volcanic ridge.
Website (aimed mainly at schools and the general public):
http://www.classroomatsea.net.
