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  • The researchers use self-developed catamarans to collect data and samples from the uppermost millimetres of the oceans. Oliver Wurl

  • The research vessel Meteor has been in operation since 1986, mainly in the Atlantic, and can accommodate up to 30 researchers. Oliver Wurl

"You need to improvise at sea"

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