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Visit this Web site daily to follow the adventures that happen each day of the expedition. Will the weather be calm or stormy? Will the equipment function well or will a cable snap? Will the research and recovery mission be a success? In early June, we'll reveal the actual engineering plan to recover the chimneys. But in the meantime, we want you to tell us how YOU would snare a chimney, keep it from crumbling on its way to the surface, and bring its lifeforms back alive--if you were the engineer in charge! Check out the links at the bottom of this page to familiarize yourself with the deep-sea conditions and potential problems that you'd face, design a plan, then send your suggestions and drawings to us at center@amnh.org, FAX us at (212) 496-4231, or mail us at American Museum of Natural History, Attn: Allison Alltucker, National Center for Science Literacy, Education, and Technology, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024. The coolest and most imaginative ideas will be posted on this Web site--check here often to see the latest designs! Maybe YOUR plan will be shown! |
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an active sulfide chimney spewing hot fluids
from the seafloor at a depth of 2250 meters.Prevent the chimney from falling over and smashing apart and destroying
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he exciting
countdown until departure has begun! On June 25,
the research vessel Thomas G. Thompson will embark on a
never-before-attempted expedition to bring back an underwater
sulfide chimney! Join scientists and engineers on this epic voyage, a joint
scientific cooperation between the American
Museum of Natural History in New York City and the University of
Washington, as they leave the dock in Seattle along
with the film crew from NOVA! Be there on the ship with the researchers, as
they try to recover several active chimneys
from the ocean floor, 2250 meters below the surface of the Pacific Ocean!
In the meantime prepare for this fantastic
voyage by participating in this engineering challenge brought to you by 