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Gakkel Ridge bathymetric map created using AUV Jaguar data.

Gakkel Ridge bathymetric map created using AUV Jaguar data.
Gakkel Ridge bathymetric map created using AUV Jaguar data.
Gakkel Ridge bathymetric map created using AUV Jaguar data.
Gakkel Ridge bathymetric map created using AUV Jaguar data.
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Gakkel Ridge bathymetric map created using AUV Jaguar data.
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07/01/2007
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 46, No. 2, Pg. 23:
WHOI engineers built three new vehicles to search for hydrothermal vents beneath the Arctic Ocean. The first two are sleek, torpedo-shaped, free-swimming robots called Puma and Jaguar. Once the CTD provides a rough idea of where a plume is, Puma is deployed through a hole in the ice and programmed to conduct missions on its own, said WHOI engineer Hanu Singh. Equipped with sonar and sensors to “sniff out” telltale temperature, chemical, or particle signals of hydrothermal plumes, it is designed to help scientists track the plume to its vent source. Jaguar is deployed next, using sonar to create seafloor maps (shown here) and to home in on vents, hovering above them while its camera and lighting systems collect images of the vents and any animals living around them.
Courtesy of Hanumant Singh
Copyright © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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