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.
Of the numerous seabird species sighted thus far, one that has certainly not lived up to its name is the Shy Albatross.
Every four hours the hydrographers aboard Investigator stop the ship along one of the transect lines to undertake a ‘Sound Velocity Wet Test’ (SVT) to determine ocean temperature.
Working on the ‘Monkey Bridge’, Observation Deck 7, Dr Ben Arthur (MNF) and Dr Eric Woehler (Uni Tas) discuss a small flock of shearwaters, captured within the 300m recording zone on one side of the vessel.
Today’s focus has been on locating and surveying shipwrecks off the NSW coast; using the RV Investigator’s Multibeam.
