National Geographic Television will accompany the scientists shooting footage for the Oceanus NGTV programme planned for airing in 2012.
Dr Andy Wheeler (chief scientist) says: “We are delighted to be able to undertake this groundbreaking survey, no-one has ever seen these vents before which are very deep at 3000 m water depth. This is an exciting collaboration, not only are UCC linking up with top scientists at NOC and National Geographic but this is also a tangible sign of the fruits of integration between geologists and biologists in the newly integrated School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences (BEES)”.
The BEES team will consist of Dr Andy Wheeler, Professor John Gamble, Professor Tom Cross, Dr Jens Carlssen, Dr Boris Dorschel and Professor John Benzie from the Environmental Research Institute.
Picture courtesy of NNOAA