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May 27, 1998
Reefs of the Gulf Cruise Ends, For Now
The loss of the use of the NR-1's bow thrusters means the
Reefs of the Gulf research cruise had to be postponed. The scientists are
back home and the NR-1 is on its way to its home port in Connecticut for
repairs.
However, as stated in the May
22, 1998 Cruise Journal, the scientists plan to return to the site as
soon as possible to find out more about the newly discovered community of
tube worms and other chemosynthetic animals.
If you sign up now, you will
be added to our Gulf Tour e-mailing list, so you will receive e-mail when
the web site is modified. You will still be able to access the educational
units on the Reefs of the Gulf site, even though the cruise has ended.
Thanks for joining Gulf Tour. If you have questions, please
don't hesitate to e-mail us. |
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Excerpt from the Cruise Journal:
"We were sad because things hadn't worked out nearly as well as
we'd hoped they would, but excited by what we had been able to accomplish
and by the prospects of trying again. Some of us (Ian MacDonald, Alice Pechahchy,
and Mike Peccini) will be back a month from now, diving with the smaller
ubmersible Johnson SEA LINK. Hopefully, it won't be too long until we can
have NR-1 back in the Gulf once more." |
