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Hydrothermal Vents
WHOI researcher Susan Humphris explains what hydrothermal vents are and why they are important.

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gakkel ridge animation with vehicles and icebreaker

Gakkel Ridge Animation

Jack Cook and Tim Silva, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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Animation of Vehicle Operations on the Gakkel Ridge

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Working from the Swedish icebreaker Oden, researchers will first lower a CTD to the deep ocean and look broadly for temperature and chemical signals of hydrothermal vents. Then the autonomous vehicle Puma will dive to the deep ocean to look for the plume, or source of venting. Once a vent site is found, the Jaguar robotic vehicle will dive to the seafloor to take photos and map the area. Finally, the CAMPER towed vehicle will be lowered to the bottom for collecting samples of rock, sediment, water, and creatures.

Video Footage of hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean

http://divediscover.whoi.edu/images/orifice010409.mov
http://divediscover.whoi.edu/images/smoker010407.mov

Video footage of hydrothermal vents along the East Pacific Rise

http://divediscover.whoi.edu/images/1n_vent.mov
http://divediscover.whoi.edu/vents/vent-video.html

Podcast: Tim Shank describes an expedition to the original hydrothermal vent discovery site and what he found

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Video footage of hydrothermal vents along the Juan de Fuca Ridge

http://divediscover.whoi.edu/images/T_res_prototype.mov
http://divediscover.whoi.edu/images/black_smoker_1.mov

Podcast: Hanu Singh describes the process of imaging large areas in the deep sea

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Podcast: Rob Reves-Sohn describes the TAG hydrothermal vent mound

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Video Footage of TAG hydrothermal vent mound

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