Live dive to the ocean floor

Apr 29, 2019

The dives are being broadcast live via stream. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen

The researchers of the PS119 expedition on board the POLARSTERN are currently more than 14,000 kilometers away from Bremen. What can be seen during the dives with the remotely operated vehicle MARUM-QUEST can be followed by scientists not only on board, but now also via satellite-supported Internet connection in their institutes on land.

In order to integrate researchers directly and interactively during the dives, a video laboratory at the MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences has been upgraded accordingly. With this infrastructure, navigation data and information on environmental parameters of the deep sea can be received parallel to the video stream. Not only are videos transmitted live, but data in Bremen and other institutes around the world are also analysed and exchanged with the ship.

The teams at sea and on land can also talk to their colleagues via an audio conference channel and discuss sampling. The initiative to include onshore researchers with their expertise on expeditions through telepresence came from MARUM and GEOMAR.

The dives will be transmitted in hd quality from POLARSTERN, they can be followed here on the Internet.

Link live-stream

Press release published for the start of the expedition

More informationen on PS119