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Tim Shank

Tim Shank
Tim Shank
Tim Shank
Tim Shank
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Linder, Christopher
Tim Shank
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09/11/2007
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Camper is a camera and sampling sled towed behind the ship drifting in the ice pack. On Tuesday, WHOI biologist Tim Shank (above) and other members of the Camper team saw areas on the seafloor, more than 4,000 meters (2.5 miles) deep, that were coated with gloopy, sometimes fluffy-looking, yellowy-orange material that appear to be microbes and/or material made by microbes, Shank said. Around vents in other oceans, the chemicals in fluids seeping, or sometimes gushing, from hydrothermal vents provide a source of energy for microbes, which in turn supply food for larger animals. However, the team did not see any vents or vent animals.
Photo by Chris Linder
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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