An unmanned, remote controlled sub is missing since Friday, during a 6 mile dive in Pacific Ocean and is still not recovered. The operation of this sub was being done by researchers out of Woods Hole. At the site, researchers said that it is believed that Nereus, the remote control sub imploded during a deep dive. However, this information is as per a press release from the Woods Hole … [Read more...]
Pacific Ocean swallows remote controlled research sub ‘Nereus’.
An unmanned remote-controlled research sub which is estimated about $8 million from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, went missing Sunday afternoon exploring some of the deepest depths of the Pacific Ocean. It is to believed submarine Nereus have imploded under extreme pressure as 16,000 pounds per square inch while exploring the Kermadec Trench northwest of New Zealand, which is to … [Read more...]
