Sponsored by the University of Delaware College of Marine Studies, the National Science Foundation, and NOAA Sea Grant Extreme 2001
Creature Features
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The Pompeii Worm Pompeii Worm Photo Contact Search Other Expeditions
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Microbes
Vent Crab
Tubeworms
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In 1960, Jacques Piccard and Navy Lt. Donald Walsh made history when they descended in the U.S. Navy bathyscaphe Trieste.
On Assignment! Come aboard with Brandon Jones and Jenny Jeffers as they give daily accounts of the expedition. bar9
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Daily Discoveries
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Take a 3-D Look at a Pompeii Worm. Click Here
Virtual Expedition
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Question: What animal has no mouth, eyes, or stomach, yet can grow to 3 meters tall?
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