Although this was a trials cruise, it's always good to gather additional data whenever the opportunity arises, and this cruise was no exception. During the trial deployments of
Isis, NOC scientist
Veerle Huvenne and
Lucy Woodall, from the Natural History Museum worked with the ROV team to collect some biological specimens and sediment cores.
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The manipulator arm collects
sediment cores | The arm uses the 'slurp gun' to collect
small biological specimens |
Also as part of the TOBI2 test deployment, some additional data was gathered using the upgraded vehicle.
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| TOBI2 is recovered | Schematic showing the operation of TOBI2 |
