Resources

Below you will find some helpful resources. You can use this to update yourself on available options or as a small briefing pack or onboarding notes for students and other new people to the field. Contact the organizing committee contribute with helpful resource links if we are missing something important.

To keep in touch with the community, we are using Discord.

Outreach resources
  • Watch the recording of the live-streamed remotely-operated dive at Loki’s castle hydrothermal vent field in the Arctic, 2300 meters below sea level – with live commentary from scientists! (Centre for Deep Sea Research)
  • Virtual Tour of the Geosciences research cruise on the Research Vessel Kronprins Håkon (AKMA project) – see here
  • Virtual Tour of the Research Vessel GO Sars (created for UiB BIO325 course – under construction) – see here
Other marine networks our members are involved in
Relevant newsletters
  • BathyNews – sign up here
  • UiB Ocean mailing list – sign up here
  • DOSI Deep-Sea Round-Up – sign up here
  • COBRA Monthly Newsletter – sign up here
  • “MARINE-B, the MArine Research Information NEtwork on Biodiversity, is for communication related to marine biodiversity research. From 2010 it is the official email network of the International Association for Biological Oceanography www.iabo.org. The archive of list messages is at https://listserv.heanet.ie/marine-b.html. Attachments are prohibited to prevent virus transmission. To join send message “SUBSCRIBE MARINE-B firstname surname” to listserv@listserv.heanet.ie (to leave say UNSUBSCRIBE). Omit your signature and anything else you may normally add. You will get an automated response.”
Sample Databases
  • 25 years of deep-sea science at Center for Deep Sea Research – A Comprehensive Database for Geological, Biological, and Environmental data – online interactive map
  • MAREANO programme maps depth and topography, sediment composition, contaminants, biotopes and habitats in Norwegian waters – maps and data
  • Map of data and samples gathered by CAGE – Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate, University of Tromsø – online interactive map
  • Public Data overview gathered by Bergwerk – online interactive map
Cruise planning
  • Marine Facilities Planning
  • Institute of Marine Research (cruise leadership course – toktlederkurs)
  • COBRA Early Career Deep-Sea Expedition Leadership Master Class and Fellowship – resources
Relevant places to keep up-to-date on news
  • UiB
  • IMR
  • NORCE
  • Norwegian Government News
  • Norwegian Offshore Directorate – News
Outreach – where to share your research
  • Your institution channels
  • BathyNews
  • DOSI Deep-Sea Round-Up
  • COBRA Monthly Newsletter
Regular relevant events
  • Bergen Bathysphere Science Symposium
  • One Ocean Week
  • Forskningsdagene
  • Annual meeting of Norwegian Association of Marine Scientists (Havforskermøtet – Norsk Havforskerforening)
  • DSBS Symposium
  • Seminar series
Miscellaneous pages to follow