Development of Small Underwater Vehicle (ROV) for Antarctic Lake Survey

• Main Authors: Shinpei Gotoh (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology), Susumu Yamazaki (CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.), Tatsuyoshi Oomura (CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.), Kazuto Ushiyama (CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.), Tomoharu Wakishima (OKANO CABLE CO., LTD.), Kazumitsu Ide (OKANO CABLE CO., LTD.), Yukiko Tanabe (National Institute of Polar Research and Department of Polar Science, School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, SOKENDAI)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 2020
• Subjects: underwater vehicle (rov); antarctic lakes; habitat mapping; navigation device; Geography (General); G1-922; Antarctic; Skarvsnes; Sôya Coast; Syowa Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00015873; https://doaj.org/article/4c3ece0d3d3a4acc886e805e77904c37

In the recent study, unique ecosystemic existence became clear in the lakes around the Syowa Station. On the lake bottom of Naga, Hotoke, and Kuwai Lakes in Skarvsnes on the Sôya Coast, a cone-shaped biological community structure mainly consisting of mosses, algae and cyanobacteria have been confir...