IN2019_T02: Deep seascapes of the Great Barrier Reef

4-14 October 2019

This voyage is sailing from Brisbane to Darwin to uncover submarine canyons and landslides which will help us understand how and when the Great Barrier Reef was formed. Educators on Board are Chris La Rosa and Greta Creed.

Voyage participants farewell the last day on the RV Investigator.

Day 9: AIRBOX and Farewell

Sadly, this is our last full day on board the Marine National Facility’s RV Investigator. We arrive in Darwin in the morning.

The Continuous Plankton Recorder been in use since the 1930s for collecting plankton

Day 8: Old school CPR

The Continuous Plankton Recorder is a sturdy, metal contraption that looks like it comes from another bygone era of scientific expeditions, and that’s because it does.

Sunrise at Wessel Marine Park. Photo: Greta Creed

Day 8: An all-nighter!

Last night, scientists pulled an all-nighter at Wessel Marine Park located offshore from the Wessel Island archipelago (Northern Territory).

Dr Rachel Przeslawski, Geoscience Australia. Photo: Louise Fava

Day 6: Women, Wessel and weird stuff

Meet three of the female scientists on board this voyage.

CTD being deployed from the RV Investigator.

Day 5: Not your ordinary bottled water

To understand the ocean from a chemical, physical and biological standpoint it’s incredibly important to gather as much information about the seawater itself.

Day 4: Monkey Island

Below the ocean surface, we know there is an abundance of marine organisms. But sometimes we get a glimpse of other amazing fauna at and above the ocean surface.

3D view of the Bowl Slide on the central Great Barrier Reef continental slope. This image stretches across 23km of the reef edge and18km out across the basin. The seafloor is artificially coloured by depth, with red being the shallow reefs ~100m in depth, down to the purple representing ~900m depth. The landslide debris can be seen spreading downslope across the basin floor away from the scarp.

Day 3: What lies beneath?

Chris La Rosa, Teacher at Tagai State College, joins RV Investigator as a resident Educator on Board for a voyage of discovery along the Great Barrier Reef and across to Darwin.

Day 2: Pings, rosettes and sea dust

Greta Creed, Secondary Teacher at North Lakes State College, joins RV Investigator as a resident Educator on Board for a voyage of discovery along the Great Barrier Reef and across to Darwin.

Introducing Greta Creed

Greta teaches senior Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, and Biology at North Lakes State College, Queensland.