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NE Pacific Expedition Day 8 & 9

Kevin Zelnio September 4, 2009 Asteroid Barnacle Caldera Coral echinoderm Gastropod Gorda Ridge Hydrothermal Vent inactive hydrothermal vents invertebrates Juan de Fuca lava flow North Cleft President Jackson Seamount Rusticles Sea Star stormy seas Weather

[mappress] We dove Wednesday on North Cleft (45.030268, -130.182166), a massive ravine over 100 meters deep and a few hundred meters wide formed by the…

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Expeditions Organisms

NE Pacific Expedition Day 6 & 7

Kevin Zelnio September 2, 2009 Asteroid Axial Seamount brittle star Caldera Coaxial holothurian Juan de Fuca lava Ophiuroid Pteropod rattail Sea Cucumbers Sea Stars sponge

A report from Dr. M while he is at sea in the northeast Pacific. You can also follow the expedition here. Monday was consumed with…

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