Field Notes8 min read
Field Notes: The Sonar Anomaly We Mapped at Mendocino
A routine Drifter survey off Mendocino returned a signature that matched no chart: hard reef where the map said sand. Field notes on what we found below.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
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Field Notes8 min read
Field Notes: When Drifter 7 Came Home
After 90 days alone on the Great Southern Reef, autonomous vessel Drifter 7 returned with 4.2 million images and one bent propeller. This is its story.
Jack Callum ·
Field Notes8 min read
Field Notes: What Drifter 12 Found Off St Helens
A routine survey sweep off Tasmania's northeast turned into the discovery of the season: wild giant kelp recruiting on a reef the charts had written off.
Jack Callum ·