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We’re hoping to go over, actually to the Back Arc for starters and collect some samples along the way.

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Before we started working here about 10 years ago, hardly anything was known, really.

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You know, the Mariana Arc, I think, it’s one of the coolest places on Earth.

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When we first started exploring here, literally, every site was completely different from the last.

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They all had different geology, different chemistry, different biology.

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So those combinations make them really interesting.

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We’re using the Jason remotely operated vehicle, or ROV.

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It’s definitely one of the premier scientific ROVs in the world.

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It’s particularly made and designed for use by scientists, so it’s very flexible,

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you can add sensors, you can add samplers.

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And the team that runs the Jason are really skilled, so it’s a really reliable vehicle.