Exp375 – CORK wellhead
https://youtu.be/HOgExZ74fx8 Connections made and tested, hundreds of feet of tubing precisely coiled and the wellhead on top. This undersea…
The observatory is like a Russian Doll
The stages of installing New Zealand’s first observatory To gain a window into this previously inaccessible environment, we are taking…
One of the most complex observatories in the world
Te Matakite, the sub-seafloor observatory we are installing in the Hikurangi Subducton zone, is not the only observatory in the…
Autumnal Equinox on the JR – Satellites, Sun and Easter
Every spring and fall (autumn) around the time of the vernal equinox and autumnal equinox, the ship’s satellite communication system…
Exp 375 – site U1518 pressure tubing (umbilical)
This video shows the first stage of installing the Te Matatike observatory. Here the team is strapping pressure lines to the outside of…