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Expedition Skagerak

Expedition Skagerak

By: The Skagerak Facility
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 Step aboard R/V Skagerak and explore the ocean with researchers fresh from expeditions at sea. From Greenland to the Baltic Sea, Expedition Skagerak reveals the forces that shape the ocean and the technologies driving new discoveries – Science in Motion. Created by the Skagerak Facility at the University of Gothenburg with Medieteknik, and funded by Gustav Adolf Bratts Föreläsningsfond.The Skagerak Facility
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  • Episode 1: Cold Water Corals and a Curious Fish – with Rhian Waller to Bratten

    Episode 1: Cold Water Corals and a Curious Fish – with Rhian Waller to Bratten
    Dec 16 2025

    The mystery of Bratten’s cold-water corals sets the stage as marine biologist Rhian Waller takes us deep into this remote, protected marine area in the Skagerrak. Aboard R/V Skagerak, she and her team study coral communities thriving hundreds of metres below the surface. Rhian reveals what it’s like to conduct science in these extreme environments: the methods they rely on, the technology they test, and the key questions that keep science in motion. During one of the deep-sea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dives, something unexpected happens — something with fins. A curious fish makes a move that brings the entire operation to an abrupt halt…
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    25 mins
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