First scientific dives of the Nereid Under Ice hybrid ROV in the Arctic Ocean.

• Main Authors: German, Christopher, Boetius, Antje, Whitcomb, Louis, Bailey, John, Judge, Christopher, McFarland, Christopher, Suman, Stefano, Elliott, Stephen, Katlein, Christain, Arndt, Stefanie, Bowen, Andrew, Yoerger, Dana, Kinsey, James, Mayer, Larry A., Nicolaus, Marcel, Laney, Samuel, Singh, Hanu, Maksym, Ted
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository 2014
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Gakkel Ridge; Sea ice; Copepods
• Online Access: https://scholars.unh.edu/ccom/43

The first scientific dives of the new Nereid Under Ice (NUI) hybrid ROV were conducted in the Arctic Ocean in July 2014 on RV Polarstern cruise PS86, a German-US collaboration. NUI is the latest in a family of vehicles derived from the Nereus prototype, using a single optical fiber to provide real-t...