Squid with ten foot tentacles seen at 1900 meters on dive 3633 at Atwater Valley site. Cindy Van Dover from The College of William and Mary is a leading deep sea ecologist in the world. Her book, Ecology of Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents, is a must read for anyone interested in the deep ocean. We welcome them aboard for the final leg of our expedition. Cindy Van Dover, a principal investigator on the expedition, briefs students, Zoe, Mary, Megan and Josh, on their science plans for the coming days.
Tomorrow is very exciting.
We will be the first humans to set their skids down on the base of the north Florida Escarpment, one of the steepest slopes in the Gulf or Atlantic coast. Set phasers on stun. . .