Microscopic magic!
Posted: October 15, 2015 Filed under: Home | Tags: Marine National Facility, Martina Doblin, Southern Surveyor, Southern Surveyor book, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Leave a commentOver the course of a year, one of Australia’s best non-fiction writers Michael Veitch, interviewed the men and women who worked on board CSIRO’s Marine National Facility research vessel Southern Surveyor, to produce an engaging and sometimes dramatic account of their adventures.
The book includes a chapter on University of Technology Sydney’s biological oceanographer, Dr Martina Doblin, who discovered shortages of nitrogen along the East Australian Current.
Transcript of Microscopic magic!
The first science presentation from data captured on Investigator!
Posted: October 14, 2015 Filed under: Home | Tags: Marine National Facility, RV Investigator, The University of Sydney, UNSW Leave a commentSteve Hawes was at sea in June on board RV Investigator with UNSW’s Professor Iain Suthers, and he’s doing his PhD at The University of Sydney with Dr Will Figueira.
This happy snap is from his presentation at the Australian Society for Fish Biology meetings at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) this week, which might well be the first presentation of data from Investigator!
ANU volcano expert Professor Richard Arculus on Conversations with Richard Fidler
Posted: September 29, 2015 Filed under: Home | Tags: ANU, Australian National University, Marine National Facility, Professor Richard Arculus, Southern Surveyor, Submarine volcanoes, Volcanoes Leave a commentThe ABC’s Richard Fidler spoke to Richard Arculus, Professor of Geology in the Research School of Earth Sciences, at the Australian National University about his research into volcanoes on board Southern Surveyor and on other ships around the world.
You should definitely check out the interview on the Conversations website!
Conversations with Richard Fidler.
Now this looks like I might throw up!
Posted: September 29, 2015 Filed under: Home | Tags: Marine National Facility, Southern Ocean, Southern Surveyor 2 CommentsDuring the last voyage on the Marine National Facility research vessel Southern Surveyor into the Southern Ocean, the ship hit a cracker of a storm.
I’m not sure my sea legs would have held up!
Check out the video captured by one of the crew, Mike Yorke Barber.
How exciting! The Southern Surveyor book has arrived…
Posted: September 28, 2015 Filed under: Home | Tags: CSIRO Publishing, Lauren Webb, Marine National Facility, Michael Veitch, Southern Surveyor, Southern Surveyor book Leave a commentLook who popped into CSIRO Publishing to catch up with his Editor Lauren Webb!
Actor and author Michael Veitch has a new book out, all about the former Marine National Facility research vessel, Southern Surveyor.
It’s a ripper read!
Sky high with the Roulettes and RV Investigator!
Posted: September 25, 2015 Filed under: Home | Tags: Air Force Roulettes, Hobart, Marine National Facility, Roulettes, RV Investigator 3 CommentsSpring in Hobart, Tasmania, has been pretty spectacular lately, with big blue skies and warm weather creeping in.
The Australian Air Force Roulettes were in town performing recently and Ben Rae from the MNF Ship Management Group managed to snap these pics with RV Investigator and the Roulettes.
