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October 6, 2010: We are excited to work with Pangaea Exploration, a highly experienced group promoting marine conservation, exploration and education. Becky will be working wtih them in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after the 12 hour flight and 12 hours driving North to the town of Caravelas, the team will board the 72' sail boat the Sea Dragon for 2 weeks. We will be traveling 230nm to the Jaseur banks where we will document the expedition both topside & underwater. We will post more info soon, check out the ships blog to read a blurb about our expedition! SHIPS BLOG
(From Pangaea Expeditions Blog) Our goal for this next trip is to conduct the first ever visual reconissance of a deep seamount approximately 230nm off the Brazilian coast. The Jaseur Bank sits in international waters and rises to at least 150′ (45m) below sea surface, abrubtly, from over 14,000′ of deep, clear ocean. Seamounts present rich, locally productive islands of marine wildlife habitat. Deep water rises to visible light depths to create a hotspot of life. Large pelagic fish, marine mammals are drawn to productive, diverse bottom habitats. Plateaus, pinnacles and deep, sometimes vertical walls of life create exceptional habitat for marine life. This is what should be there. What has us worried is the fact that this bank is in international waters, and therefore outside Brazilian protection and control. Despite the good work the government is doing in Abrolhos, this area may be subject to the full force of unregulated long-lines and bottom trawling nets. We hope, ironically, to see many of the sharks that are the source of conflict in Recife. Our goal is to find the shallow water, dive, film, record and bring the story back.
To see a small film from the Expedition please visit our Video page and click Exploration to see the film.
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