Robot spies make new science discoveries in Fiordland

Tuesday, 10 April 2012, 9:21 am Press Release: NIWA NIWA and Environment Southland have recently returned with stunning new footage of undersea sills in Dusky and Doubtful Sounds, brimming with sea life, corals and sponges. The footage was taken from a remote-operated vehicle (ROV), and is being used to assess 20 areas within Fiordland currently [...]

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Pub Crawl in the Mikhail Lermontov

Trip Report by Sonny Lee and Hannah Van Laanen You know it is going to be a great dive trip when you descend to find an octopus hanging out on the mooring line. This was the first sight that greeted us on our second day of diving! The marine life around the sunken Lermontov was [...]

Diving the Mikhail Lermontov

Trip Report by Nicole Miller A joint club trip from AUUC (Hannah, Sonny, Stacey, Kirsten), Botany Bottom Scratchers (Ken, Tony, Blair, Brent) and Wellington Underwater Club (Nicole). I wasn’t sure at all what to expect from a weekend of wreck diving on a Russian cruise liner that sank in NZ waters in 1986. However, the [...]