Jun 24 2009

Finding Coral Written by Ava

Don't know about the Finding Coral expedition? Well you do now! After all, it IS the first of its kind.  You'll see what I mean. The Finding Coral expedition took off on June 8th to search for deep sea corals in Hecate Strait and the Queen Charlotte Basin. What the group calls a "blue ribbon" science team of 17 technicians, biologists, researchers and more, will head two deep worker manned submarine and travel to the depths of the sea searching for evidence of corals, associated species, and damage from human impacts. This expedition is the first of its kind in British Columbia! It's designed to study deep water corals and threats to their well being. With the help of the Living Oceans Society, the Finding Coral expedition team members are doing just that! With an example of their impressive whereabouts, here's a video from Day 10 of the expedition where the group's filmmaker has come upon some intriguing and utterly beautiful corals.     For more on the team's travels, check out FindingCoral.com Bookmark Trackback(0) TrackBack URI for this entry Comments (2) Subscribe to this comment's feed ..., This is important work these guys are doing. A sadl June 24, 2009      This is important work these guys are doing. A sadly understudied aspect of marine life but so vital. Those subs look cool. Underwater pope mobiles! James | 10.251.75.208 report abuse vote down vote up Votes: +0 Jeff will do, The subs look brilliant...where were they July 03, 2009      The subs look brilliant...where were they made, and at what cost ? Jeff | 10.251.75.208 report abuse vote down vote up Votes: +0 Write comment Name Email Website Title Comment smaller | bigger I have read and agree to the Terms of Usage. Write the displayed characters Add Comment