IN2018_C01 Townsend

28 May – 8 June 2018 Research vessel Investigator is undertaking a charter voyage to carry out a hydrographic (seafloor mapping) survey in Bass Strait.

A journey’s end

As at 0600 on Thursday morning, we have finally started our voyage back to the RV Investigator’s home port of Hobart.

A whole new slant on turning the tap for freshwater

In a country like Australia, we are cognisant of the need for water and how difficult it is to find in places like the desert.

Profile: Kim Picard

Meet Kim Picard, Marine Geoscientist working for Geoscience Australia.

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. […]

Instrumentation aboard RV Investigator

Whilst travelling on board RV Investigator, one has the opportunity to engage with user-friendly interfaces and beautiful audio-visual displays of underway data.

Profile: Dr Jill Shephard

Dr Jill Shephard is a Research Fellow at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia whose main role on board the RV Investigator is to undertake seabird and sea mammal surveys.

Profile: Cassie Rowse

Meet Cassie Rowse, she is the Chief Steward aboard RV Investigator and has worked on the ship since her maiden voyage.

Sunset over Skull Rock

During today’s seafloor mapping transects we came ‘face to face’ with a rather sinister rock formation, carved into the granite cliffs of Cleft Island.