Hot Vents Beneath an Icy Ocean: The Aurora Vent Field, Gakkel Ridge, Revealed

• Published in: Oceanography
• Main Authors: Ramirez-llodra, Eva, Argentino, Claudio, Baker, Maria, Boetius, Antje, Costa, Carolina, Dahle, Håkon, Denny, Emily, Dessandier, Pierre-antoine, Eilertsen, Mari, Ferre, Benedicte, German, Christopher, Hand, Kevin, Hilário, Ana, Hislop, Lawrence, Jamieson, John, Kalnitchenko, Dimitri, Mall, Achim, Panieri, Giuliana, Purser, Autun, Ramalho, Sofia, Reeves, Eoghan, Rolley, Leighton, Pereira, Samuel, Ribeiro, Pedro, Fatih Sert, Muhammed, Steen, Ida, Stetzler, Marie, Stokke, Runar, Victorero, Lissette, Vulcano, Francesca, Vågenes, Stig, Waghorn, Kate, Buenz, Stefan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Oceanography Society 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Gakkel Ridge
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00832/94388/101714.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2023.103; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00832/94388/

Evidence of hydrothermal venting on the ultra-slow spreading Gakkel Ridge in the Central Arctic Ocean has been available since 2001, with first visual evidence of black smokers on the Aurora Vent Field obtained in 2014. But it was not until 2021 that the first ever remotely operated vehicle (ROV) di...