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Article: Ifremer sets new ROV record off the coast of West Africa
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- Sea Technology
- Article date:
- March 1, 2001
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The French National Institute for Maritime Research, known as Ifremer, recently set a world's record with its VICTOR 6000 ROV, covering almost seven miles of ocean floor in a single dive at depths more than 16,000 feet, or more than three miles below the ocean's surface. This was achieved during a 45-day cruise aboard the Institute's research vessel, the Atalante, last December 9 and 10, off the coast of Zaire, West Africa, with the ROV exploring the ocean floor and sediments at the mouth of the submarine valley of the Zaire River.
Carried out in partnership with the French oil company TotalFinaElf, as part of the Zango program, the exploration of this immense submarine valley, which ...