Australias ocean research ship open to Sydneysiders (Media Release)

RV Southern Surveyor is the only dedicated Australian research ship equipped to perform marine research in the offshore waters of Australia and Oceania. 'The Marine National Facility conducts world-class scientific research within our Exclusive Economic Zone,' says the Chair of the Marine National Facility Steering Committee, Professor Craig Johnson. 'This year the ship has explored the climate history stored in deep-sea corals in Tasmania, mapped the habitat of deep-sea sharks off South Australia, discovered active submarine volcanoes in Fiji and deployed Tsunami warning buoys in the Tasman Sea.'.

The Director of the Marine National Facility, Captain Fred Stein, says it is a rare opportunity to explore the ship.. Mon Sep 2008 10:09 (2 months, 3 weeks ago)
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