Oceana Ranger Expedition 2012: Exploring Ocean Depths

Oceana Ranger Expedition 2012: Exploring Ocean Depths

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Overview

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The 2012 Ranger expedition documented the deep areas of the Atlantic and Mediterranean using an underwater robot (ROV) will take video footage and high resolution photographs of the underwater flora, fauna and habitats. 

The expedition focused on seamounts with peaks that are so deep they cannot be explored by divers. One particular seamount, Seco de los Olivos, is an area that Oceana has studied as part of the LIFE+ INDEMARES Project.

Underwater mountains attract numerous species and because of the range of heights and soil types, they host many different biological communities. Oceana studies these areas using transects (moving the ROV along a path), a method that is more complicated than simply dropping the ROV down and pulling it straight back up, but which provides a more comprehensive view of the area.

 

Diaries

October 15, 2012

Last INDEMARES day in Seco de los Olivos

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October 14, 2012

Last ROV day in Seco de los Olivos

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October 13, 2012

The Van Veen dredge

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October 12, 2012

Another day off

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October 11, 2012

Unable to work

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October 10, 2012

Spotting striped dolphins

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October 9, 2012

Back to Seco de los Olivos

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October 8, 2012

Back in Vilamoura

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October 7, 2012

In the kelp forest

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October 6, 2012

Deep Sea Sharks

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October 5, 2012

A show of coral

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October 4, 2012

First dives in the Gorringe Bank

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October 2, 2012

Ready to get into the Atlantic

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October 1, 2012

Researching the effects of bottom trawling in Faro

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September 28, 2012

On the way to Faro

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September 27, 2012

Intensive in the bank and off to Portugal

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September 26, 2012

Still in port

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September 25, 2012

Rescuing a wounded gannet

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September 24, 2012

Taking shelter from the wind

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September 23, 2012

Fishing lines 500 feet deep

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September 22, 2012

Scorpion fish and corals

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September 21, 2012

First dives in Seco de los Olivos

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September 19, 2012

Fleeing the storm

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September 17, 2012

Ranger Expedition 2012: Exploring Ocean Depths

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September 12, 2012

Final preparations for the expedition

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September 11, 2012

Out of the dry dock and into the water

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The Crew

PEDRO ALEXANDRINO SILVA FERREIRA

Algarve University (Portugal)

RUI PEDRO SILVA

Algarve University (Portugal)

PITU (JOSEP MARIA) ROVIROSA

Algarve University (Portugal)

PAULO JORGE MENANO

Algarve University (Portugal)

Silvia García

Senior Marine Scientist

THIERRY LANNOY

Diving Team Coordinator (France)

EVA MARÍA JIMÉNEZ

Deckhand (Spain)

JOSÉ LUIS ESCUDERO

Deckhand (Spain)

FREDERICO MIGUEL CUNHA DE OLIVEIRA

Algarve University (Portugal)

MARIO CONDE

Deckhand (Spain)

JOSEP FLETA

ROV's Technician (Spain)

GORKA LECLERCQ

Underwater videographer (Spain)

INGRID F. LACOSTE

Cook (Argentina)

Ricardo Aguilar

Senior Advisor & Expedition Leader

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