Expedition PS121 commenced on August, 10th, 2019 and led from Bremerhaven to the Fram Strait between Svalbard and Greenland. It ended on the 13th of September, 2019 at Tromsö, Norway .
Tasks of ROV PHOCA were
a) observation and video documentation of the performance of the deep sea cralwer NOMAD (including a later emergency release of the crawler)
b) sediment sampling using pushcores of a acidification experiment at the INTAROS Lander
c) Sampling of a ctenophore jellyfish using a so-called D-sampler
d) Deployment of baits and video-documentationand smapling of the scavenging faun
e) Deployment of several experiments (staining of organisms for assessing growth rates, exclusion cages, larval traps)
We conducted 5 dives.
Photos (unless otherwise noted): ROV-Team ºÚÁÏÊÓÆµ; for enquiries on utilisation of image material please contact Public Relations Dept ºÚÁÏÊÓÆµ or Dr. James Taylor.