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Research Vessel Falkor (too) Departs Buenos Aires to Launch Patagonian Deep-Sea Campaign

The SHN-led mission will map the Bahía Blanca and Almirante Brown canyons to probe Malvinas Current dynamics with live ROV dives streamed to the public.

Una firma del Ministerio de Defensa demora una expedición científica internacional
El buque Falkor Too, del Schmidt Ocean Institute, estudiará el fondo el talud submarino a la altura de Chubut y partió hoy al puerto de Buenos Aires
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El buque Falkor (Too), durante una expedición anterior

Overview

  • The ship got underway on October 3 after several days held in port due to an outstanding Ministry of Defense authorization tied to the collaboration agreement.
  • Directed by hydrographer Silvia Romero of the Naval Hydrographic Service, the team includes about 25 Argentine scientists plus technical operators, with invited contributors from France and Ecuador.
  • Researchers will use multibeam mapping, CTD and rosette sampling, a moored oceanographic buoy and surface drifters, and the ROV SuBastian to explore roughly 200 to 4,000 meters depth.
  • Live coverage will stream on the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s YouTube channel through late October as the vessel surveys off Río Negro and Chubut.
  • Building on a first leg that drew more than 18 million views, specimens and data from this campaign will be processed in Argentine laboratories and at the Bernardino Rivadavia natural sciences museum.