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Ocean Challenge Aims to Keep Its Readers up to Date ASSOCIATE EDITOR with What Is Happening in Oceanography in the UK and the Rest of Europe OCEAN Volume 8, No. 3, 1998 - Volume 8, No. 3, 1998 OCEAN The Magazine of the Challenger Society for Marine Science EDITOR SCOPE AND AIMS Angela Colling Ocean Challenge aims to keep its readers up to date ASSOCIATE EDITOR with what is happening in oceanography in the UK and the rest of Europe. By covering the whole range John Wright of marine-related sciences in an accessible style it Angela Colling andjohn Wright are both should be valuable both to specialist oceano- at the Department of Earth Sciences, graphers who wish to broaden their knowledge of The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, marine sciences, and to informed lay persons who Buckinghamshire MK7 6AA, UK are concerned about the oceanic environment. EDITORIAL BOARD Ocean Challenge is sent automatically to Chair members of the Challenger Society. Rachel Mills For more information about the Society, or for queries concerning individual subscriptions to Southampton Oceanography Centre Ocean Challenge, please contact the Executive Secretary of the Society at the address given on the Martin Angel inside back cover. Southampton Oceanography Centre INDUSTRIAL CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP Mark Brandon British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge For information about this, please contact the Executive Secretary of the Society at the Keith Dyer address given on the inside back cover. Institute of Marine Studies, University of Plymouth ADVERTISING Peter Foxton For information about advertising through Ocean formerly Natural Environment Research Council Challenge, contact the Executive Secretary of the (Marine Sciences) Society at the address given on the inside back Keith Harrison cover. 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Alfred- Wegener-lnstitut fur Polar-und- Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany DATA PROTECTION ACT, 1984 (UK) Bill Turrell Scottish Office Under the terms of this Act, you are informed that Agriculture and Fisheries Department this magazine is sent to you through the use of a computer-based mailing list. The views expressed in Ocean Challenge are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Printed in the UK by Halstan & Co. Ltd, Challenger Society or the Editor. Amersham, Bucks 0 Challenger Society for Marine Science, 1999 ISSN 0959-01 61 CONTENTS RRS [email protected] Colin Pelton RRS][email protected] Andrew Brierley and Keith Reid An Expo Experience Old oil and gas rigs: The Great Yarmouth Solution News and Views Now, there's a funny thing ... John Wright UK Oceanography '98 Days of dancing and debates Susanne Rolinski Reflections on U K Oceanography Toby Sherwin A curmudgeon writes ... John Wright Challenger Society honours Bob Fisher Ocean Colour Group Meeting at UK Oceanography '98 Alison Weeks In praise of fieldwork: Report of the Millport Marine Biology Field Teaching Forum John Davenport Changing Oceanographic Conditions in the Post-glacial North Sea - the story preserved in the sediments David S. Brew, Rex Harland, John Ridgway, David Long and Matthew R. Wright Tidal Smooths in the River Blackwater Peter Rainbird Scotia - a Distinguished Line of Scottish Research Ships Tony Ha wkins William Hutchinson - Local Hero Philip Woodworth Book Reviews Multimedia Forthcoming events Advertising in Ocean Challenge Most of the figures and maps for this issue were drawn by john Taylor of the Cartography Office of the Department of Earth Sciences at the Open University. The cover was designed by Ann Aldred Associates. The cover image top left is reproduced by kind permission of Sonar Research and Development Ltd, Beverley. It shows a sea-bed visualization of Peterhead Harbour, which combines computer graphic techniques with accurate sonar imaging. RRSDiscovery@ Expo. 98 Colin Pelton From May to October, Expo '98, held Chamber of Commerce (see photo). sentatives as part of the EC's Atlantic- in Lisbon, celebrated the International Many of our guests were very im- Mediterranean Cruises Project. Year of the Oceans and provided one pressed with the first class hospitality As for the Expo itself, many of the of the world's top tourist venues, with shown to them courtesy of Captain national pavilions were spectacular. a total of nearly 10 million visitors. Keith Avery and the crew of RRS Particularly memorable was the The Expo '98 theme of 'the ocean: a Discovery, and the excellent RVS contrast between the simplicity of heritage for the future', was inter- catering team. Almost 11 000 visitors Iceland's audio-visual display pro- preted in a wide range of exhi bits and toured the ship whilst it was on site at jected across an expanse of dark still events, national pavilions, a major Expo and that figure could easily have water, and the 'high-tech' German new aquarium, and the reclamation been increased had there been more pavilion with its exciting undersea of a vast waterside area on the banks time and space available. simulator voyage, and Monaco with of the Tagus. A British Council science workshop an excellent 3-D cinema presentation Oceanography is an international was also held during the visit to of plankton in the open ocean. Even science and Expo events included a explore collaborative links in a land-locked countries such as succession of visits by oceanographic number of areas including aqua- Switzerland and Mongolia rose to research vessels from around the culture, physical oceanography, the occasion. My personal experience globe, en route to field sites and coastal zone research, geosciences, of the UK pavilion was disappointing major expeditions. Berthed in a new and technology support for marine however, particularly so as I had been deep-water dock within the Expo research. There was also a training involved in some of its content complex, their presence introduced element: four of the best recent UK preparation. I heard little praise for the visitors to working research ships, graduates in oceanography* sailed on the design concept, despite the their equipment and specialised, RRS Discovery from Southampton to inclusion of some well chosen exam- state-of-the-art survey tools. The Lisbon, to gain first-hand knowledge ples of NERC science, and I would be Natural Environment Research of the major facilities and services interested to hear what others thought. Council (NERC) research vessels, RRS needed to support science at sea. Discovery and RRS James Clark Ross At the end of August, these students In contrast, we heard nothing but (see following item), together at- reconvened in Lisbon for an EC- praise for Discovery and its exhibition tracted over 20000 visitors on their supported conference, sharing their from both the visitors, and the separate visits to Lisbon. In addition sea-going experiences with other Embassy and British Council staff. to the UK, ships from Germany, young scientists and media repre- I'm sure the British Antarctic Survey France, Spain, Canada and Japan were on display for up to a week Ian McCill, each between May and October Chief Engineer, 1998. welcomes visitors to a reception on From 12 to 19 August, I was fortunate Discovery hosted by to be at Expo on board RRS Discovery, the UK/Portuguese where visitors were shown 15 exhib- Chamber of its on deck and within the ship's Commerce laboratories. In addition to the (Photo: Colin Pelton, University of Aberdeen (preparing for soc ,, an EC-funded study of deep-sea biology using bottom-landing devices), organizations represented included: the Southampton Oceano- graphy Centre; the NERC Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences; the Met. Office; the Environment Agency; the DTI Foresight programme, the Inter-Agency committee on Marine Science and Technology (IACMST); the Challenger Society (naturally); and the UKrs largest commercial oceanographic company, Fugro Geos. The exhibition was arranged jointly *These graduates were: by the NERC Research Vessel Services Sarah Rutt from (RVS) and the IACMST. It was University of Wales, formally opened by Professor John Bangor; Liz Galley, Krebs, NERC Chief Executive, at a University of South- reception co-hosted with the Briti,sh ampton; Claire Ambassador to Portugal, Mr Roger Hughes, Newcastle Westbrook. Associated events for University; and Louise Discovery's visit included a separate Darroch, University of reception for the Portuguese/UK East Anglia. 2 Ocean Challenge, Vol. 8, No.3 received similar positive feedback proved marine science collaboration UK marine science at other venues from their visit. I am also certain that between the two countries. I hope in the future. the research ship visits and accom- that following these successes we can panying meetings will have furthered benefit from using the NERC research Colin Pelton is Head of External Affairs at UK/Portuguese relations and im- vessels as floating ambassadors for the Southampton Oceanography Centre. Andrew Brierley and Keith Reid This September, the British Antarctic Diverting from the usual transect Xavier, a Portuguese marine biology Survey took the opportunity to show- course to the Tagus River and Expo's student working at BAS, this resulted case their ice-strengthened research ocean village, AMT scientists were in much high-profile media exposure, and supply vessel, RRS James Clark joined in Lisbon aboard RRS James including a report on prime-time Ross, at Expo '98 in Lisbon. Steaming Clark Ross by marine biologists and Portuguese TV and features in several south through the Atlantic en route to geophysicists from the British Antarc- national newspapers.
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