Tangaroa — Week 5, 28 Feb - 5 March 2008
Image gallery — Ice, more ice, seamounts and open water
These images are part of the New Zealand Science Learning Hub — an initiative of the Government of New Zealand, funded through the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology, and developed in collaboration with educators and the science sector.
Week 5 comes from the research vessel Tangaroa.
Tangaroa proceeding through close pack ice towards an open lead in the distance.
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Working on South Scott Seamount. DTIS wire cutting through thin new ice.
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Adelie penguins on a newly formed ice floe.
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Pair of blue whales passing close by the Tangaroa — half a mile away.
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Diagrammatic representation of the Tangaroa multibeaming the seabed of Ross Sea.
Photo: E. Mackay J. Mitchell
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Sun illuminated image of South Scott Seamount. Pre-survey depth contours shown in background.
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Three dimensional perspective view of South Scott Seamount viewed from the southwest. Colour range: 400-3500 m.
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The slender pearleye Benthalbella elongata a midwater predator.
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The plunderfish Pogonophryne marmorata a benthic predator.
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Dragonfish, Bathydraco scotiae
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Mystery animal of the deep. Possibly a predatory tunicate, photographed by DTIS camera system at a depth of 2200 m. A small isopod crustacean is using it as a perch.
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