Instrumentation

Major Sampler at EPR (2003)

Major Sampler at EPR (2003)

Major Sampler collecting fluid sample from a hydrothermal vent Bio 9' at the East Pacific Rise in 2002.
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Year: 2003
Details:
Media Type: Photograph
Data Type: Photograph
Device Type: Camera:Digital
Feature: EPR:9N:Bio9'
Investigator: Karen Von Damm
Expedition:
Chief Scientist:
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Thermal Map - Sulfide worms (2009)

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Video showing thermistor array deployed at Axial Volcano at the Juan de Fuca Ridge, and the time-lapse thermal map generated from it.
Species (common):
Year: 2009
Details:
Media Type: Video
Data Type: Photograph:Video
Device Type: Camera:Video
Feature: JdF:Axial
Investigator: Raymond Lee
Expedition: AT15-51
Chief Scientist: Andrew Fisher
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CTD rosette (2010)

CTD rosette (2010)

Detailed image of the CTD rosette on Oden. The CTD is an electronic instrument commonly used by oceanographers to continuously record salinity (by measuring conductivity), temperature, and depth (by measuring pressure) as the instrument is lowered from the ship.
Species (common):
Year: 2010
Details:
Media Type: Photograph
Data Type: Photograph
Device Type: Camera:Digital
Feature: Antarctica:AmundsenSea
Investigator: Frank Nitsche
Expedition: OSO0910
Chief Scientist: John Anderson
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Kasten core on Oden (2010)

Kasten core on Oden (2010)

Taking a kasten core from the back deck of Oden in the Amundsen Sea. The kasten core is a devise to sample sediment from the seafloor. It is lowered to bottom with a cable and the weight on top of the core pushes the corer into the bottom.
Species (common):
Year: 2010
Details:
Media Type: Photograph
Data Type: Photograph
Device Type: Camera:Digital
Feature: Antarctica:AmundsenSea
Investigator: Frank Nitsche
Expedition: OSO0910
Chief Scientist: John Anderson
Species:

Oden at McMurdo Station (2010)

Oden at McMurdo Station (2010)

Swedish Ice Breaker Oden docking in McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The Oden is one of the most powerful, non-nuclear icebreakers. It has a specific shaped bow that allows it to break ice and manuver in dense ice cover. The Oden operates mostly in the Arctic and the Baltic Sea but also works sometimes in the Antarctic, e.g. to open a channel to the U.S. research station McMurdo.
Species (common):
Year: 2010
Details:
Media Type: Photograph
Data Type: Photograph
Device Type: Camera:Digital
Feature: Antarctica:McMurdoSound
Investigator: Frank Nitsche
Expedition: OSO0910

Pisten Bully in McMurdo (2010)

Pisten Bully in McMurdo (2010)

Pisten Bully in McMurdo. The caterpillar drive of this special vehicle distributes the weight over a larger area and allows to transport people and material over sea ice.
Species (common):
Year: 2010
Details:
Media Type: Photograph
Data Type: Photograph
Device Type: Camera:Digital
Feature: Antarctica:McMurdoSound
Investigator: Frank Nitsche
Expedition: OSO0910
Chief Scientist: John Anderson
Species:

Scott Base, Antarctica (2010)

Scott Base, Antarctica (2010)

View of Scott Base, the permanent Antarctic research station of New Zealand. The station is located just a few miles away from the U.S. reserach station McMurdo
Species (common):
Year: 2010
Details:
Media Type: Photograph
Data Type: Photograph
Device Type: Camera:Digital
Feature: Antarctica:McMurdoSound
Investigator: Frank Nitsche
Expedition: OSO0910
Chief Scientist: John Anderson
Species:

Oden and NB Palmer (2010)

Oden and NB Palmer (2010)

Here a the two icebreaker Oden (left) and NB Palmer (right) side-by-side in Punta Arenas. The Oden is the main Swedish icebreaker and the NB Palmer is the main US icebreaker operating in Antarctica. Punta Arenas is starting point for many marine research expedition to Antarctica.
Species (common):
Year: 2010
Details:
Media Type: Photograph
Data Type: Photograph
Device Type: Camera:Digital
Feature: NotApplicable
Investigator: Frank Nitsche
Expedition: OSO0910
Chief Scientist: John Anderson
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Working on sea ice (2009)

Working on sea ice (2009)

Group of scientist taking an ice core on the sea ice in the Amundsen Sea to study its thickness and properties. Analysis of the sea ice provides information about age, formation process and helps to calibrate satellite data that allow monitoring of sea ice conditions from space.
Species (common):
Year: 2009
Details:
Media Type: Photograph
Data Type: Photograph
Device Type: Camera:Digital
Feature: Antarctica:AmundsenSea
Investigator: Frank Nitsche
Expedition: NBP0901
Chief Scientist: Stan Jacobs
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Autosub (2009)

Autosub (2009)

Autonomous underwater vehicle Autosub returning from its mission underneath the Pine Island Ice Shelf in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica during expedition NBP0901. The Autosub measures water properties such as salinity, temperature, and oxygene content as well as the water depth below and the distance to the ice above it. It allows collecting data where ships cannot go.
Species (common):
Year: 2009
Details:
Media Type: Photograph
Data Type: Photograph
Device Type: Camera:Digital
Feature: Antarctica:AmundsenSea
Investigator: Frank Nitsche
Expedition: NBP0901