TARA, THE RESEARCH SCHOONER IS SAILING AROUND THE GLOBE IN ORDER TO SAMPLE CORAL AND PLANKTON WITH SCIENTISTS AND LABS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD - FROM 2009 TO 2012. Guillaume Brack, deck hand is furling the sails with Daniel Cron, Chief engineer in order to permit to the scientists to start a plankton sample station.
TARA, THE RESEARCH SCHOONER IS SAILING AROUND THE GLOBE IN ORDER TO SAMPLE CORAL AND PLANKTON WITH SCIENTISTS AND LABS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD - FROM 2009 TO 2012. The rosette permit to sample plackton in the ocean, we call this act, station. Its gets some plastic containers like long bottles on it which are openned during the descent. The scientist at the surface manage a joystisk to determine which depth he wants to sample. When he stops the cable, which can reach 2000 m depth, he also control the bottles enclosure. Then, he brings up the sample of water and filter it directly on the deck, next to the "wet lab", were all samples are arranged and organize before the freezer.
TARA, THE RESEARCH SCHOONER IS SAILING AROUND THE GLOBE IN ORDER TO SAMPLE CORAL AND PLANKTON WITH SCIENTISTS AND LABS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD - FROM 2009 TO 2012. Arrival in India after 29 days at sea between Oman and Mumbai.
