16 visitors came to Oceanlab for the afternoon of Wednesday, 5th September to learn about deep-sea life.
They viewed the research facilities at Oceanlab including the workshop and test laboratory for deep ocean unmanned lander vehicles capable of descending to over 10km beneath the sea surface. They were shown video and still image presentations of the new forms of life discovered by the Oceanlab team (including the the supergiant amphipod found recently in waters north of New Zealand), life at maximum ocean depth and natural light (bioluminescence) in the deep sea.
Professor Monty Priede gave a welcome presentation, Georgios Kazanidis talked about deep-sea sponges, Thom Linley about fish on corals, Dr Toyo Fujii on fish around oil platforms and Dr Alan Jamieson on HADEEP project. Alan and Thom gave a demonstration of a lander in operation and Neil Gregge a demonstration of the high pressure test tank.
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Press Release, September 10, 2012