George Hampson and Steve Page with epibenthic sled.

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39354

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Wiebe, Peter

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George Hampson and Steve Page with epibenthic sled.

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Date

06/01/1965

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Image of The Day caption:
George Hampson, left, and Steve Page carefully extract collected sediment from the deep-sea epibenthic sled. The sled, developed in the mid-1960s, was towed horizontally to collect the uppermost part of seafloor sediment, yielding a new view of populations living there. Instead of being desertlike, the researchers found the seafloor rich in invertebrate fauna, "comparable to that of the shallow-water tropics. Circa 1965.
Caption from Down to the Sea for Science, Pg. 119:
Howard Sander's research group towed this newly developed deep-sea "epibenthic sled horizontally to collect the uppermost part of seafloor sediment, yielding a new view of populations living there. Instead of being desertlike, the researchers found the seafloor rich in invertebrate fauna, "comparable to that of the shallow-water tropics. The photo shows George Hampson, left, and Steve Page decanting collected sediment.

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