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marineelectronics Alfred Wegener Intitute Maps Arctic Seafoor in Permafrost The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research is using a Kongsberg Geoacoustics (Great Yarmouth, England) GeoSwath Plus Compact shallow-water multibeam system to map Arctic seafoor as part of the Coastal Permafrost Erosion Research Project (COPER). COPER looks to describe and quantify Arctic coastal erosion, which is greatly sped during summer ice melt when less or no ice protects the coastline, and related carbon release by using air- and spaceborne methods together with feld research. Herschel Island, off the coast of Yukon Territory, Canada, in the Beaufort Sea, was selected for the long-term feld study. In the 2012 feld season, 3.1 square kilometers have been surveyed, mapping Pauline Cove with water depths of 1 to 17 meters in fve days. This data set represents a baseline to which future surveys can be compared. The remote location made it neces- sary to airlift all equipment and personnel. The survey was carried with an infatable craft on which the splashprotected (IP54-rated) system was installed in a portable installation and powered by a 24-volt battery. Falcon ROV Films Deep-Sea Species for Oceana Conservation organization Oceana has explored undersea mountains in the Atlantic and Mediterranean using the Saab Seaeye Ltd. (Fareham, England) Falcon DR ROV. The 1,000-meter-rated ROV was used to record many species and habitats, including carnivorous sponges, lobsters and sharks. The project began 240 kilometers off the Portuguese coast in the Gorringe Bank marine mountain range. Scientists flmed algae forests and hundreds of species, and noted the ecological value that seamounts offer to many species, including whales, dolphins and swordfsh. They have found species whose existence on the Gorringe Bank was previously unknown. When they later explored the Chella Bank, offshore Almer��a, Spain, they found protected species such as a carnivorous sponge and an angular rough shark at risk from damage to their seamount habitat by recreational and commercial fshing. The high-defnition cameras were manufactured and supplied by Marine Vision (M��laga, Spain), which also supplied the ROVs. The Falcon DR came over from the Gulf of Mexico, where Oceana had used it to assess the long-term impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Phoenix Recovers F-16 Aircraft Phoenix International Holdings Inc. (Largo, Maryland) has successfully completed the underwater search and recovery of a U.S. Air Force F-16 aircraft from more than 16,400 feet of seawater (fsw). Last summer, at the direction of the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command���s Director of Ocean Engineering, Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), Phoenix mobilized the Navy���s ORION deepwater side scan sonar system, the CURV 21 ROV, and the motion-compensated, 30,000-pound Ship happens! Rent software, hardware or turnkey solutions from EIVA. We hold an extensive pool of equipment for the marine survey industry. Rent it today ��� get it tomorrow. Call Bente on +45 8628 2011 EIVA.com 80 st / FEBRUARY 2013 +45 8628 2011 ��� eiva@eiva.com www.sea-technology.com