Freemansund
A brief look into foreign worlds… a glimpse into the hidden world of the microscopic as well as a journey into the aphotic zone aboard the ROV (remotely operated vehicle). After heading towards Freemansund, guests enjoyed three levels of walks on the Island of Edgeoya. Wildflowers and reindeer made wonderful photo subjects, but it is also those subjects that we cannot “fathom” that are really exciting. Those that can been seen under the microscope that are key links in the food chain of the Arctic like the juvenile jellyfish captured on film pulsating in the petri dish as all of its anatomical features were described to guests during recap when they could come up and peer through the objectives for a closer view.
Then we were brought on a ROV journey through the sunlit photic zone (defined as that section of the water column in which the products of photosynthesis exceed those of respiration), through the compensation depth (defined when the products of photosynthesis equal that of respiration), to finally explore the aphotic zone which occurred on the bottom of the seafloor at 120 feet to find the epibenthos to be alive with the brittle stars (Ophiuroids) pictured above. Just another wonderful day of exploration in the arctic…
A brief look into foreign worlds… a glimpse into the hidden world of the microscopic as well as a journey into the aphotic zone aboard the ROV (remotely operated vehicle). After heading towards Freemansund, guests enjoyed three levels of walks on the Island of Edgeoya. Wildflowers and reindeer made wonderful photo subjects, but it is also those subjects that we cannot “fathom” that are really exciting. Those that can been seen under the microscope that are key links in the food chain of the Arctic like the juvenile jellyfish captured on film pulsating in the petri dish as all of its anatomical features were described to guests during recap when they could come up and peer through the objectives for a closer view.
Then we were brought on a ROV journey through the sunlit photic zone (defined as that section of the water column in which the products of photosynthesis exceed those of respiration), through the compensation depth (defined when the products of photosynthesis equal that of respiration), to finally explore the aphotic zone which occurred on the bottom of the seafloor at 120 feet to find the epibenthos to be alive with the brittle stars (Ophiuroids) pictured above. Just another wonderful day of exploration in the arctic…
