Overview
- ROV SuBastian operated near a kilometer down and used its manipulator to place a holiday flag on the seafloor during the broadcast.
- The dive began around 16:30 and lasted eight hours, carrying the team through the midnight Christmas transition.
- Roughly 30 researchers worked aboard the R/V Falkor (too) on the third recent Vida en los extremos cruise led by María Emilia Bravo.
- The expedition streams on YouTube and the campaign has been recognized with a Martín Fierro de Oro for its streaming outreach.
- Recent operations recorded deep-sea fauna and reported finds such as century-old whale remains and a VHS cassette near 3,000 meters that await verification.