Lab & Work Areas

The 102 square meter main lab is the largest lab space and is for general dry lab use.

Layout and Utilities

Two -80 freezers (690 liters)
Two -30C freezers (700 liters)
One +4C refrigerator (700 liters)
Two ductless fume hoods
Five exhaust snorkels
Computer rack space
Ice maker (flaked ice)
Compressed air – through quick connects
Seawater – through barbs/nipples for ⅜” ID tubing
Chilled seawater – through barbs/nipples for ⅜” ID tubing
Deionized water – through barbs/nipples for ⅜” ID tubing
Milli-Q ultra pure water (Milli-Q Direct 8)
European power (220V, 50Hz, clean), North American power (110V, 60Hz, clean) and Ship Power (230V, 60Hz – note this is a non-standard power configuration)
Hot and cold fresh water
Ethernet drops
Compressed gasses manifolds (science-party must provide the gas cylinders which are stored remotely)
Drying oven
Hazardous materials storage (acid, base, and flammables)

A 24 square meter lab space for general lab use, including wet work.

Layout and Utilities

One +4C refrigerator (700 liters)
One -30C freezer (700 liters) – located just outside of the lab
One ductless fume hood
Two exhaust snorkels
Laminar flow hood
Ice maker (flaked ice)
Compressed air – through quick connects
Hot and cold fresh water
Seawater – through barbs/nipples for ⅜” ID tubing
Chilled seawater – through barbs/nipples for ⅜” ID tubing
Deionized water – through barbs/nipples for ⅜” ID tubing
Milli-Q ultra pure water (Milli-Q Direct 8)
European power (220V, 50Hz, clean), North American power (110V, 60Hz, clean) and Ship Power (230V, 60Hz – note this is a non-standard power configuration)
Ethernet drops
Compressed gas manifolds
Hazardous materials storage (acid, base, and flammables)

This 32 square meter laboratory space is the closest lab to the back deck and the CTD and ROV hangar and is suitable for wet work.

Layout and Utilities

One +4C refrigerator (700 liters)
One -30C freezer (700 liters)
Exhaust snorkel
Compressed air – through quick connects
Hot and cold fresh water
Seawater – through barbs/nipples for ⅜” ID tubing
Chilled seawater – through barbs/nipples for ⅜” ID tubing
Deionized water – through barbs/nipples for ⅜” ID tubing
European power (220V, 50Hz, clean), North American power (110V, 60Hz, clean) and Ship Power (230V, 60Hz – note this is a non-standard power configuration)
Ethernet drops
Compressed gas manifolds
Hazardous materials storage (acid, base, and flammables)

The dirty wet lab is a section of the CTD Hangar immediately next to the CTD deployment and recovery area.

Layout and Utilities

Compressed air – through quick connects
Seawater – through barbs/nipples for ½” ID tubing
Deionized water – through barbs/nipples for ⅜” ID tubing
Hot and cold fresh water
European power (220V, 50Hz, clean), North American power (110V, 60Hz, clean) and Ship Power (230V, 60Hz – note this is a non-standard power configuration)
Ethernet drops
Compressed gas manifolds (science-party must provide the gas cylinders which are stored remotely)

A chilled (nominally +4C but adjustable) 14 square meter combination laboratory work space and cold storage area.

Layout and Utilities

European power (220V, 50Hz, clean), North American power (110V, 60Hz, clean) and Ship Power (230V, 60Hz – note this is a non-standard power configuration)
Seawater – through barbs/nipples for ⅜” ID tubing
Chilled seawater – through barbs/nipples for ⅜” ID tubing
Deionized water – through barbs/nipples for ⅜” ID tubing
Ethernet drops

A 21 square meter lab specialized for working with seawater instrumentation. It contains all of Falkor (too)’s underway seawater sensors and provides multiple seawater taps for science-party provided flow-through sensors. In addition to regular and chilled seawater, there is a plastic-free seawater feed for working with microplastics.

Layout and Utilities

Compressed air – through quick connects
Seawater – through barbs/nipples for ½” ID tubing
Chilled seawater – through barbs/nipples for ⅜” ID tubing
Plastic-free water
Deionized water – through barbs/nipples for ⅜” ID tubing
Hot and cold fresh water
European power (220V, 50Hz, clean), North American power (110V, 60Hz, clean) and Ship Power (230V, 60Hz – note this is a non-standard power configuration)
Ethernet drops
Compressed gasses taps
Liquid nitrogen generator

Attaching science-provided flow through seawater sensors

Science-party-provided sensors may be plumbed into multiple seawater feeds in the Seawater Lab.

This 58 square meter lab combines general-use workstation areas and Science Control, a command center for mapping, CTDs, and other scientific operations.

Lab Layout and Utilities

European power (220V, 50Hz, clean), North American power (110V, 60Hz, clean) and Ship Power (230V, 60Hz – note this is a non-standard power configuration)
Ethernet drops
Rack space

The Robotics Lab is a 22 square meter work area designed to work on robotic equipment and other technology.

Layout and Utilities

Compressed air – through quick connects
European power (220V, 50Hz, clean), North American power (110V, 60Hz, clean) and Ship Power (230V, 60Hz – note this is a non-standard power configuration)
Ethernet drops
Exhaust snorkel

The conference room is a space for meetings, presentations, video conferencing, and ship/shore calls.

Layout and Utilities

Ship Power (230V, 60Hz)
Video conferencing equipment
Large presentation monitor with video and audio inputs

Compressed Gas Manifold
In Main, Wet, Hydro, Dirty Wet, and Seawater Labs
Science party must provide the gas cylinders which are stored remotely

Compressed Air
The air fittings are 1/4″ M/D quick connects (female)
The air pressure is approximately 90 PSI (~6 bar)

Microscopes
Leica EZ4 W 8x – 35x stereo microscope with built in camera and lighting
Leica S Apo 10x – 80x with Flexcam C3 and LED2500 integrated LED incident and transmitted illumination stand

Liquid Nitrogen Generator
Nobelgen Triton 2+ generates up to 8 liters per day
35-liter internal storage
Dewars for 100 liters of external storage
Science party must provide sample storage Dewars
Triton2+ manual