{"id":232,"date":"2016-08-26T10:35:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T14:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cschneider\/?p=232"},"modified":"2022-08-17T14:43:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T18:43:24","slug":"rv-baseline-explorer-bermuda-august-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cschneider\/rv-baseline-explorer-bermuda-august-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"R\/V<\/em> Baseline Explorer off Bermuda \u2013 August 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nomad being launched from R\/V<\/em> Baseline Explorer, 13 Aug. 2016<\/p>\n

From 7\u201314 Aug. 2016, I was a scientist aboard the R\/V<\/em> Baseline Explorer (BEX) studying the macroalgae of the “Twilight Zone” off Bermuda the Bermuda platform including the Argus and Challenger Banks, seamounts that never reached the surface with summits at \u201350 to \u201370 m deep. We had technical divers (using rebreathers) collecting and two submersibles collecting corals, sponges and macroalgae from 100\u2013300 m depth. Pilot Kelvin Magee and I dove to 200 m (650′) in the Nomad, one of the two subs launched on the Argus Bank, where we collected a living rhodolith using a mechanical arm at 585′. The amount of visible light still available to the life at this depth was, in my opinion, impressive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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At dock in St. George’s, Bermuda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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BEX in Sargasso Sea off Bermuda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Entering the submersible<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Initial descent of submersibles, Nomad and Nemo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Subs at greater than 600 feet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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