I’m not sure what the rest of the story here is, but for me the story is a vessel–Sea Surveyor–I’ve never seen before and parked at a location where it can get help . . . like
this.
Sea Surveyor is a vessel of the Gardine Marine Sciences group.
Photos by Will Van Dorp, the day after Storm Juno passed through.
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January 29, 2015 at 5:17 pm
walt
Multi channel seismic: Drilling?
January 29, 2015 at 7:23 pm
William Lafferty
Sea Surveyor was launched 12 July 1979 as the RMAS Magnet A114 at Willington Quay, England, hull no. 344, by Clelands Shipbuilders Ltd. for the Royal Marine Auxiliary Service for use as a degaussing vessel. 50m x 11.4 x 3; 950 gt. Powered by twin Mirrlees Blackstone ESL-6-MGR Diesels, 1650-bhp. In 1998 it was purchased by Gardline Marine Services Ltd., Great Yarmouth, and registered in Nassau, Bahamas, as Sea Surveyor, and reconstructed as a research vessel in 1999, 64m x 12 x 4, 1275 gt. As the Gardline site says, her capabilities include “Integrated geophysical, geotechnical and environmental surveys” and “multi-channel seismic.”