Traditional sea-going equipment

The Group has a range of 'traditional' sea-going equipment that enables us to sample and observe the deep-sea floor and its inhabitats - all of our equipment is capable of operating to 6,000m water depth (3.7 miles; 19,685 feet).

Seabed coring systems

Multicorer

Megacorer

USNEL-type box corer (available from the National Marine Equipment Pool)

Towed gear

Epibenthic sledge

Otter trawl (no, not for catching otters !)

Photographic survey equipment

WASP vehicle.

AUTOSUB camera system

Landers / Moorings

Amphipod trap

Bathysnap (old form)

Bathysnap (new form 'Roughsnap')