Photos for Embargoed Presse Release "Fire under the Ice"
Embargoed until 30th of Octobre, 2008, 20:00h MEZ
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Bathymetric chart of the Gakkel Ridge at 85°E. Photographic bottom surveys were conducted along profiles shown as thin, black lines. The photo showing volcanic ashes on the sea bed were taken at the site, which is marked with a red star and the letter a.
The Installation of a seismometer on an ice floe (Photo: C. Linder).
A "lonely" seismometer drifts with the sea ice (Photo: V. Schlindwein).
The swedish icebreaker Oden at 85°E 85°N (Photo: V. Schlindwein).