New Views of Ocean Life: Visualization in

CoML – the 2005 Hidden Ocean

ExpeditionRuss Hopcroft

July 2005,~2 dozen ROV dives beneath

the ice

poorly known, changing

ROV Global Explorer II

• 2850 m (9000 ft) working depth

• HD camera and recorder

• Neutral tether last 50m

• 4 static D-samplers• 12 bucket suction-

sampler

Hi-tech “Sexy” science: visual products of public interest!

Many soft-bodied forms surprisingly abundant, but don’t

collect/preserve well… or are simply unstudied

New records of presence in

the Arctic

Number of comb-jellies known in Arctic doubled

from 5 to 10, includes new species

Plus lots of known species…. of

unappreciated beauty