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The scientific crew leaving the vessel in Durban
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Hydrozoans, a member of the Phylum Cnidaria, are shown settled upon part of the mooring
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Retrieving the current meter moorings
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Pilot arriving RV Dr. Fridtjof Nansen
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Pilot arriving RV Dr. Fridtjof Nansen with Durban in the backround
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A sponge collected in a sediment grab sample from Walters Shoal
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Anchors aweigh! Departing Mauritius harbor
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Manta trawl for sampling plastics
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Kamlesh, from Mauritius, is sorting plastic fragments collected using the Manta trawl.
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Zo, from Madagascar, is picking small zooplankton collected using the multinet.
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Rough Sea
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The Nansen docked in Port Louis, Mauritius
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Meet the crew aboard the Nansen
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Christmas Island – Argo floats prepared for deployment3
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CSIRO's Nick Hardman-Mountford with a BioArgo robotic float
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Christmas Island – Argo floats prepared for deployment2
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Christmas Island – Argo floats prepared for deployment1
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Christmas Island – Argo floats prepared for deployment
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LAnd ho! Arrival in port luis
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Observing for larger plastic particles in the surface.
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Microplastic sample gathered by the team
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Handling the catch from the multi-net
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every 150 nautical miles, and trawling for mesopelagic fish in between the ecological stations.
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Deploying an Argo float for collection of oceanographic data 5 July 2015
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A mesopelagic fish, Argyropelecus aculeatus, - a species we often catch during daytime at 400 m depth (size, 5 cm). It doesn’t seem to migrate to the upper layer during night as many other species do
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A break. All the scientists and crew on board have been working really hard, and to work every day for 18 days in a row is demanding.
