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Ocean Life: Further Journeys Into The Abyss
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Follow recent expeditions exploring undersea volcanic vents in the Cayman Trough, including the first crewed mission to the deepest known vents, more than three miles down on the ocean floor, in search of new species and the future of our own.
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Jon Copley
Marine biologist at the University of Southampton, UK, whose research explores the patterns of life at deep-sea volcanic vents around the world. First British person to dive more than 5 km (3.1 miles) deep in the ocean. Previously a reporter and assistant news editor at New Scientist magazine. Also author of 'Ask An Ocean Explorer' (Hodder & Staughton, 2019) and 'Deep Sea: 10 Things You Should Know' (Orion Books, 2023).
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Ocean Life - Jon Copley
Ocean life: further journeys into the abyss
Jon Copley
Published by Jon Copley at Smashwords
Copyright 2013 Jon Copley
Smashwords Edition, Licence Notes
Thank you for downloading this free ebook. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This book may be reproduced, copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided the book remains in its complete original form. Thank you for your support.
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Preface
This eBook is the sequel to Ocean life: expeditions and essays exploring the abyss
, published in February 2012. That first book presented personal logs from recent expeditions exploring volcanic vents on the ocean floor, along with articles about the search for new species in previously unseen parts of our planet. The first book ended with logs from an expedition that explored deep-sea vents in the southwest Indian Ocean in November 2011.
This sequel covers further exploration of the world's deepest known undersea vents, in the Cayman Trough of the Caribbean Sea, during an expedition with a remotely operated vehicle in February 2013, followed by the first manned mission there in June 2013.
Because this eBook is formatted for multiple devices, not all of which support photos or video, it has not been possible to include accompanying images from the deep ocean, but you are welcome to see photos and video from the expeditions at www.youtube.com/expeditionlog and www.thesearethevoyages.net
If you enjoy the logs and articles brought together in this eBook, you can follow our ongoing work via the links at the end. My hope in sharing these accounts is to offer an insight into what it's like to do science at sea, give a glimpse of what's still out there to explore on our planet, and perhaps prompt more of us to think deep
for our future.
Jon Copley
July 2013
[Cover image, where visible: top - launching the Shinkai6500 manned submersible for a dive to the deepest known undersea vents, June 2013; bottom - view from the Isis ROV at the deepest known undersea vents, 5 km down in the Cayman Trough, February 2013]
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RRS James Cook Voyage 82, February 2013
[A compilation of logs from www.thesearethevoyages.net and the @expeditionlog Twitter feed]
3 Feb 13 - 6:30 AM
Up early & off to join the RRS James Cook in Montego Bay, Jamaica, for our expedition to deep-sea vents in the Cayman Trough.
Wednesday 6th February
At 0802h local time this morning, we left our berth in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Was there a noticeable difference in the feel of the deck beneath our feet, as we slipped our last mooring line, and the ship was free to begin her journey? Perhaps.
We've since made good time, thanks to calm weather and a favourable current, which is taking us ever closer to our first target site. Finally, after a couple days that passed in a blur as we prepared for departure, I feel I can start to settle into the rhythm and routine of life aboard a research ship again.
Our destination, which we should reach tomorrow morning, is an undersea volcanic rift that runs for 110 kilometres south of the Cayman Islands. Back in April 2010, Voyage 44 of the James Cook revealed deep-sea vents on the seafloor here, previously detected in the area by a US expedition, and now we're returning to investigate those discoveries in more detail.
The undersea vents here include the
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