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 – Adaptive Robotics
Date: 08/09/2018
Location: Pacific Ocean
Depth: 700-800 meters depth.
Work Completed: Chemical sampling
ROV SuBastian Dive 127 B – Hydrate Ridge South – FK180731 – Adaptive Robotics
Date: 08/09/2018
Location: Pacific Ocean
Depth: 700-800 meters depth
Work Completed: Chemical Sampling
ROV SuBastian Dive 128 – Hydrate Ridge North – FK180731 – Adaptive Robotics
Date: 09/11/2018
Location: Pacific Ocean
Work Completed: Visual inspections and chemical sampling of whale fall and ODP drill sites
ROV SuBastian Dive 129 – Hydrate Ridge South – FK180731 – Adaptive Robotics
Date: 08/12/2018
Location: Pacific Ocean
Work Completed: Visual inspections and chemical sampling of ODP drill sites.
ROV Subastian Dive 130 – Hydrate Ridge South – FK180731 – Adaptive Robotics
Date: 08/13/2018
Location: Pacific Ocean – Hydrate Ridge
Depth: 680 meters
Work Completed: Taking chemical measurements with the Raman Sensor
ROV Subastian Dive 131 – Hydrate Ridge South – FK180731 – Adaptive Robotics
Date: 08/13/2018
Location: Pacific Ocean – Hydrate Ridge South
Work Completed: Chemical sampling
ROV Subastian Dive 132 – Hydrate Ridge South – FK180731 – Adaptive Robotics
Date: 08/14/2018
Location: Pacific Ocean – Hydrate Ridge
Work Completed: Chemical Sampling
4K ROV SuBastian Dive Highlights ~ Adaptive Robotics
Gas hydrate fields were surveyed with ROV SuBastian. These are very unstable underwater environments where gas is trapped inside pockets of “ice” (the hydrate). When the hydrate melts and releases the gas, huge holes are created on the seafloor. It is a very rough terrain and it is very hard to predict, but amazingly there is still a variety of marine life that can be seen in this unusual environment.
