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SUMMARY:The Autosub AUVs  - Multisensory\, Multi-scale mapping from the Po
 lar Seas to the Tropics. - Stephen McPhail\, National Oceanography Centre
DTSTART:20120315T183000Z
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CONTACT:Tim Wilkinson
DESCRIPTION:For 15 years the Autosub range of Autonomous Underwater Vehicl
 es (AUV)\,  designed and built at the National Oceanography Centre\, South
 ampton\, have been exploring of the world's oceans. Highlights have been: 
 mapping under Arctic sea ice near Greenland in 2004\, exploring underneath
  the 60 km ice tongue of the Pine Island Glacier in the Antarctic in 2009\
 , and helping to discover the world's deepest and hottest known hydrotherm
 al vent site\, 5 km down\, in the Caribbean sea.  More recently\, the Auto
 sub6000 AUV has carried out detailed sonar and photographic mapping of sea
 bed habitats in the inhospitable seas near Rockall and the Darwin cold wat
 er coral mounds\, North of Scotland. In the talk\, I shall describe these 
 campaigns\, the practical and technical issues\, and how things can go hor
 ribly wrong. I'll also talk about our future plans with a new\, very long 
 range Autosub\, and the concept of air launched AUVs.  \n\nSteve McPhail\,
  CENG\, MIET\, heads the Autonomous Systems group at the National Oceanogr
 aphy Centre\, Southampton\, UK\, and leads the Autosub6000 and Autosub Lon
 g Range AUV projects.  His main specialization is the navigation and contr
 ol of AUVs.  He has extensive experience of leading the technical team for
  AUV test and science cruises in locations from polar seas to the tropics.
LOCATION:British Antarctic Survey\, High Cross\, Madingley Road
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