We’re hoping to go over, actually to the Back Arc for starters and collect some samples along the way.
Before we started working here about 10 years ago, hardly anything was known, really.
You know, the Mariana Arc, I think, it’s one of the coolest places on Earth.
When we first started exploring here, literally, every site was completely different from the last.
They all had different geology, different chemistry, different biology.
So those combinations make them really interesting.
We’re using the Jason remotely operated vehicle, or ROV.
It’s definitely one of the premier scientific ROVs in the world.
It’s particularly made and designed for use by scientists, so it’s very flexible,
you can add sensors, you can add samplers.
And the team that runs the Jason are really skilled, so it’s a really reliable vehicle.