Challenger Deep | Deep Sea News - Part 2

Vessels and Equipment

Deep-Sea Transformer Sets Record

Dr. M June 10, 2009 autonomous underwater robot AUV Challenger Deep deep sea hybrid Mariana Trench Pacific Ocean remote operated vehicle swiss army tether Wood's Hole Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

At the beginning of May we discussed Nereus, the new $5 million hybrid-transformer-multipurpose-all knowing-swiss army knife of deep-sea research from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. The…

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Expeditions Vessels and Equipment

Transformers Into the Deep

Dr. M May 7, 2009 AUV Challenger Deep Nereus Pacific Ocean robot ROV submarine Transformer WHOI Wood's Hole

From BBC News… If successful, Nereus will be the first autonomous vehicle to visit the 11,000m (36,089ft) Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean. Only two…

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