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Featured voyage : Survey and monitoring for the south east marine protected areas [ss02/2007 – 28 March-11 april 2007]

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DAY 11 - Homeward Bound

Launching equipment such as the Sherman sled and the underwater camera occur on the back deck
Homeward bound

The sunrise and sunset shifts have settled into a simple routine – mostly involving working, eating and sleeping (perhaps even in that order) and an ambitious programme has been well rewarded.

The final 2 days were a combination of camera work – focussing on the previously unsampled Cascade Plateau. The camera work proved invaluable in guiding the scientists where to deploy the Sherman – and no doubt saving a few hairy moments with the potential for the Sherman to become ensnared on rough terrain.

Visiting a new area always creates a buzz and many exciting creatures were observed in their natural habitat including corals, eels, and fish as well as smaller creatures such as seastars and anemones.

However, its now homewards bound. With the last of the samples now on deck Southern Surveyor is about to begin the 14 hour steam home.

More work from this survey will be published in the coming weeks so be sure to keep visiting the website to see some amazing images of creatures from the Tasmanian deep.

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