© CNRS Audiovisuel/IFRTP/mars 1999

Deep in the blue planet

Reference

376

Duration

00:23:00

Production year

1999

Versions

Original material

SD
4/3
Color
Sound

Director(s)

Yvon LE GARS

Summary

In May 1997 the Marion Dufresne, one of the largest oceanographic vessels in the world, carried out a major core sampling survey organized by the Institut Polaire. Its mission was to collect sediment from the ocean floor in a zone stretching from New Zealand to Antarctica.

Scientific topics

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