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In the hustle that often characterizes the two in-port days before a cruise, it is easy to get lost in the details. Together with my co-chief scientist on this cruise, Dr. Anna Michel, our focus on these details has spanned more than two years of planning, scheming, designing, building, redesigning, rebuilding, testing, ordering, and packing. … Continued
Alex’s award-winning work as a photographer and filmmaker combines a passion for environmental science (and a background in glaciology) with a love of photography and exploration. Alex travels alongside environmental scientists on research expeditions around the world, capturing stories of their adventures – from the everyday to the extraordinary, portraying the human face of science. … Continued
During the 2018 "Adaptive Robotics" research cruise, ROV SuBastian performed science dives for chemical sampling and observations. ROV SuBastian Dive 126 - Hydrate Ridge South - FK180731 - Adaptive Robotics Third dive of the expedition. It will take place at Hydrate Ridge South, conducting chemical sampling. ROV SuBastian Dive 127 A - Hydrate Ridge South - FK180731 … Continued
I built up and sculpted the valleys and ridges of the ocean floor, carefully painted its depths, poured resin and acrylic, and let the rocking ship shift the resin until it cured, But as I continued to build up the layers, I started to feel a little sad. The beauty beneath the resin that I … Continued
Data collection happens at sea, but data processing often happens after the ship is back in port, the crew has disembarked, and the equipment offloaded. Therefore, many ocean-science discoveries happen on land, when it is actually too late to pursue them (until the next expedition). On this cruise, because researchers are working on processing the … Continued
The Adaptive Robotics research cruise has been great. The science team and crew have outdone themselves and the dataset collected is one of the most impressive we have ever generated. The weather and good fortune also played their part in what has been both an enjoyable and highly productive expedition on-board the R/V Falkor. Adaptive … Continued
This mission has taken me out of my depth, both personally and professionally. I’m a Computer Scientist, less than a year into my PhD at the University of Southampton. My job back on land is to develop new ways of automatically summarizing the information available in images gathered on an AUV dive, and while this … Continued
Research expeditions are like marathons. Preparation for them is exhaustive and requires extremely disciplined individuals following a careful schedule in order to reach their goals. Once the day arrives, determination is key and keeping the pace up is fundamental. Yet ensuring the success of an expedition goes far beyond the effort that scientists and experts … Continued
The #AdaptiveRobotics expedition is different from many research cruises in that the results will not simply be data such as samples, maps, or measurements. Instead, the larger goal is to demonstrate how large volumes of information can be efficiently viewed and interpreted as part of a daily operational workflow, allowing for better informed decision-making and increasing the … Continued
A few days ago we invited anyone who was interested to ask Principal Investigator Dr Blair Thornton (University of Southampton) and the international engineering team on Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor questions about underwater robotics and our current expedition. The experts onboard are conducting research on dynamically changing environments like cold seeps with four different … Continued
