![]() ![]() According to him, the voyage is nothing less than "frontier science" that will undoubtedly increase our understanding of the deep-sea. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) ichthyologist John Pogonoski claimed they spent many hours processing the samples. Processing the catch involved separating different species, photographing the creepy specimens to record their colors, extracting muscle samples for DNA analysis, and so on. Five of them are thought to have never been discovered before! ![]() Tirelessly sending their equipment nearly 16,000 foot deep, they hauled over 100 different species aboard their vessel, the Investigator. The researchers divided themselves into two shifts (2:00─14:00 and 14:00─2:00). ![]() "The abyss is the largest and deepest habitat on the planet, covering half the world's oceans and one-third of Australia's territory, but it remains the most unexplored environment on Earth," said Museums Victoria senior curator Tim O'Hara on the voyage's departure. The temperature there is around 36 to 37 ☏ (2-3 ☌) and it's a very food-limited environment. The abyssal zone is a layer of the ocean at depths of 13,000 to 20,000 ft (4,000 to 6,000 metres). ![]()
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