#RV Southern Surveyor

Seriously cool GoPro video from Southern Surveyor

Australia’s Marine National Facility (MNF) research vessel, Southern Surveyor, has been out in the East Australian Current retrieving some Integrated […]

Bringing home the buoys: the changing East Australian Current

CSIRO’S WEALTH FROM OCEANS FLAGSHIP, ISSUED THIS MEDIA RELEASE ON MONDAY 2 SEPTEMBER 2013 Today Australia’s Marine National Facility research vessel, Southern […]

Did you miss the ABC’s Catalyst program on Southern Surveyor last night? Don’t worry you can watch it here!

Last night on ABC1, Catalyst aired a retrospective on Australia’s Marine National Facility and the current research vessel Southern Surveyor, and […]

ABC1’s Catalyst program to air a retrospective on Southern Surveyor tonight at 8pm!

Over the past few months Mark Horstman and his film crew from ABC1’s Catalyst program, have been collecting stories about the current Marine […]

The figure Leeuwin_Current_Anya_Waite_figure.png comes from a published paper: Waite, A., P.Thompson, S. Pesanta, M. Feng, L. Beckley, C. Domingues, D. Gaughanj, C. Hansona, C. Holl, T. Koslow, M.

Update of the Southern Surveyor voyage (ss2013_v04) into the Indian Ocean

Lockheed Martin's Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle.Show descriptionHide descriptionThe Principle Investigator for the recent Indian Ocean voyage, Professor Nathan Bindoff, from […]

Onboard Southern Surveyor

Hydrochemistry onboard Southern Surveyor

Onboard Southern Surveyor, the Hydrochemistry Group is responsible for the chemistry analysis.   An instrument called a CTD, which measures […]

One of the many animals collected from the Bight’s deep water column, the unusual amphipod (genus Phronima) – a type of crustacean.

Take a bite at the Bight – and its deep ocean ecosystem

At the surface, it is home to white sharks, southern bluefin tuna, and marine mammals including blue whales and sealions […]

Touring Southern Surveyor with Kirrily Moore, our joint Float-a-Name winner!

Three years ago we ran a national competition, to find a name for our new research vessel. Investigator  was chosen as it […]

Southern Surveyor voyage to the Tasmantid Seamounts

In December 2012, Dr Benjamin Cohen from the University of Queensland led a team on board Australia’s Marine National Facility research […]

New underwater footage from Lord Howe Island Marine Park

Yesterday we were able to bring you news of Professor Colin Woodroffe’s research voyage to Ball’s Pyramid, onboard Australia’s Marine […]

Research allows scientists to time travel 8000 years

THIS MEDIA RELEASE WAS ISSUED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG ON 6 MARCH 2013. New underwater footage allows researchers to […]

Calling for applications for Next Wave and the Transit Voyage Science Program

Each year Australia’s Marine National Facility research vessel Southern Surveyor undertakes a number of transit voyages between the ports where […]