#gakkel-ridge

#gakkel-ridge

The expedition, which concluded late last month, explored the eastern part of the Gakkel ridge - part of the global system of submerged mountain chains that play a key part in plate tectonics. A team of scientists took a submersible vessel beneath the Arctic sea ice and completed more than 40 dives, going as deep as 5,277 metres. The analyses are far from complete, but this section of the Gakkel ridge might have hot-water vents that spew from the sea floor.