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Ship-to-shore

By: Lloyd Godson One of our key roles as Educators on Board is to share our experience with students across […]

The sound of history

By: Thomas Coad During today’s surveying, we came across a rather interesting series of pings in the bathymetric multibeam data. […]

Day 4: Science meets the Australian Hydrographic Service

By: Thomas Coad Today I had the privilege of working alongside Lieutenant Scott Lytton of the Australian Hydrographic Service (AHS). […]

Day 3: Immersion into science

By Simone Burzacott-Gorman Boarding RV Investigator, means undertaking safety training. Should it ever be necessary to abandon ship, everyone must […]

Observing one of the team onboard at work

Day 3: A day in the life of an Educator on Board

By: Lloyd Godson Part 1 It’s day three of our voyage from Hobart to the Bass Strait, and I’m finally […]

Day 3: Highlight of the day

Identifying sea birds and other megafauna. By: Chad King One of the projects being undertaken on board the RV investigator […]

Researcher Profile: Dr Eric Woehler

Dr Eric Woehler works in the school of zoology at the University of Tasmania. He is on board the RV Investigator to study the Spatial and Temporal Variability in the Distribution and Abundance of Seabirds.

Day 3: Triaxus observations for ocean forecasting

Launched off the stern of the Investigator, the Triaxus glides from 10m to 240m behind the ship collecting data on the condition of the ocean. Armed with sensors, cameras and probes this apparatus measures conductivity, temperature, depth, oxygen and chlorophyll and takes video.

Christie Evans and Craig Woodward on board RV Investigator

Researcher Profile: Craig Woodward

Craig Woodward is a research scientist specialising in paleoecology. In particular he examines mud samples from both lake and ocean to archive environmental change. He is aboard the RV Investigator due to his sediment coring experience.