Who's who?

SCIENCE WRITERS
Task - to write the stories while afloat on the water

	Rebecca Gentry Columbia University Earth and Environmental Science Journalism New York, USA
	Kristen M. Kusek InterRidge Florida, USA

CORE RESEARCH TEAM
Task - to find out more about science in the deep blue ocean

	Rolf Pedersen - Principal Investigator Department of Earth Science University of Bergen, Norway Areas of expertise: Geochemistry/marine geology
	Ingunn Thorseth Department of Earth Science University of Bergen, Norway Areas of Expertise: Geomicrobiology
	Adam Schultz College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Oregon State University, USA Area of Expertise: Geophysics
	Phil Taylor College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Oregon State University, USA, and School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences Cardiff University, UK Area of Expertise: Hardware design programming and instrument design
	Bjarte Hellevang - Postdoctoral Researcher University of Bergen, Norway Area of Expertise: Geophysics
	Bjørn Olav Steinsbu - PhD Student Department of Earth Science University of Bergen, Norway Area of Expertise: Geomicrobiology
	Jiri "Jirka" Slama - PhD Student Department of Earth Science University of Bergen, Norway/Charles University, Czech Republic Area of Expertise: Geology
	Jozef Kusior - Technician University of Bergen, Norway
	Stig Monsen - Technician University of Bergen, Norway
	Jan Bryn - ROV Engineer Argus Remote Systems AS, Bergen Norway Responsibility: ARGUS ROVs operation and maintenance
	Reidar Johanesen - ROV Engineer Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
	Tommy Thorseth - Multimedia and graphics technician Norway
	Ronny Løbø - Student Sogn og Fjordane University College, Sogndal, Norway
	Gunnar Hellesund - Student Sogn og Fjordane University College, Sogndal, Norway
	Per Henning Sæle - Student Sogn og Fjordane University College, Sogndal, Norway
	Hans Petter Knudsen - Instrument Chief Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway

LAND-BASED WEB TEAM
Task - to design, build and hold the web 'fort' back on terra firma, Kiel, Germany

	Katja Freitag InterRidge Kiel, Germany
	Swen Meyer University of Kiel Kiel, Germany