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Antarctic Whale Research Expedition
Date: February 03, 2010
Australia and New Zealand have launched the first Antarctic whale research expedition as part of the Southern Ocean Research Partnership in Wellington today. The expedition will undertake six weeks of research aboard the NIWA vessel RV Tangaroa in Antarctic waters and will use state of the art non-lethal techniques such as satellite tracking and acoustics surveys to study whales in the Southern Ocean.
Read more at www.marinemammals.gov.au
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New Zealand’s deep-sea research boosted by new partnership - February 04, 2010
Two New Zealand research organisations will work closely with one of the world’s leading ocean research and engineering organisations to accelerate research and exploration in a wide range of oceanographic topics in the southwest Pacific region. Read more about New Zealand’s deep-sea research boosted by new partnership
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