Chasing down seeps in the Gulf of Mexico
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Hugh Fargher, from Teledyne Marine Systems, joined ECOGIG in 2014 on the Pelican. He was on board to help the team set up, deploy and retrieve a new BIOGEOCHEM APEX float, produced by Teledyne Marine Systems. This float is a cost-effective platform for measuring water column properties with a high degree of spatial and temporal resolution and has been used by ECOGIG in the Gulf of Mexico several times since 2014. Hugh wrote a very nice, detailed description of his time on board, which you may read more about here.