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Deep Biosphere Cruise: July - August 2005
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Monday, 8 August 2005
PRESS RELEASE
Norwegian Team Discovers Northernmost Vent Fields in World
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| Contact |
| NORWAY |
Rolf Pedersen via U. of Bergen Press Office |
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Press office Bergen |
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to be announced |
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| USA |
Adam Schultz via Oregon State Press Office |
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Judy Scott, Director, Publishing and Outreach
COAS,
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State
University
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41-737-8099
jscott@coas.oregonstate.edu |
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Mark Floyd, NCS Director, News & Communication
Oregon
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University
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541-737-0788
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| InterRidge |
Colin Devey, InterRidge chair, international perspective |
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IFM-GEOMAR |
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+49 431 600 2257 |
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cdevey@ifm-geomar.de |
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| All photos and videos are courtesy of Rolf Pedersen, University of Bergen, Norway |
Photos
PI Rolf Pedersen |
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Newly discovered vent sites
along the Arctic Ridge.
(Click on photo
to enlarge)
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| Gas bubbling out at the base of a chimney partly covered by bacterial mats. |
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| Hydrothermal mound with multiple chimney structures named the “Trolltindene”. The highest chimneys are 6-7 meters tall. |
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| Sea spider searching for food on a chimney as hot water ooze out from the chimney wall nearby. |
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| Finally, west of the moon and east of the sun, we found our Soria Moria with castle, the three princesses and the six-headed troll. |
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| Sea spiders straddling in-between tube worms that inhabit the seafloor in the vicinity of a hydrothermal vent. |
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| A five meter tall chimney structure discharging 250° C water. |
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| Shrimps “swarming” around a white smoker chimney. |
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| Chimney discharging 250° C water. The chimney is made up of sulfate and sulfide-minerals that precipitated from the hot fluids. White mats of bacteria, which live of the sulfur-rich water, cover the lower part of the chimney. |
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| A white, slender chimney, of yet unknown composition, discharging a jet of warm water. |
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(If you cannot get the video to play, right click and save link target on your harddrive) |
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