Today (Tuesday 9 September) is a milestone day for CSIRO as Australia’s new Marine National Facility research vessel
Investigator arrives in Hobart.
The Marine National Facility is owned and operated
by CSIRO on behalf of the nation, and Toni Moate, Executive Director of
CSIRO’s Future Research Vessel Project, will be on site
to welcome the ship to Hobart following its departure from
Singapore on 24 August.
With almost $20 million worth of scientific
equipment, the 94m ship is capable of mapping the sea floor at any
depth, collecting weather data 20km into the atmosphere, analysing fish
species with sonar and revealing the composition of the
sea bed 100m below the sea floor. During the next five months the wharf
will be a hive of activity for the final fit out of scientific
equipment on board the ship and CSIRO will organise the official Welcome to
Port event during this time.
You can follow the action on CSIRO’s Twitter account @csironews and by using the hashtag #RVInvestigator or watch video of the voyage from Singapore and find out more on the Investigator blog at http://csirofrvblog.com/
