🌋🌊After 37 days at sea,
7208 km traveled across the #PacificOcean,
32 000 m3 of air sampled,
119 CTD casts,
1200 kg of 'cold' samples taken and much more at ambient temperature,
the @tongaproject cruise is now over 🌊🌋
@IMEV_mer @MIOceanologie @INSU_CNRS @ird_fr@Ifremer_fr
A big 🙌 to crack team Nagib Bhairy @MIOceanologie & Guillaume De Liège @IMEV_mer! They handled drifting and fixed mooring deployments. Fixed mooring will be recovered in one year @INSU_CNRS
🌊🌋 Here we are! The L'Atalante has reached the first active volcano sampling site. The vessel is capable of ultra-precise navigation for mapping the ocean floor with a multi-beam echo sounder. Under the amazed eyes of scientists, the volcano and plume appear on the screen!i