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Troubled Seas.
Scientists aboard the research ship Tangaroa had set out from Australia in search of a particular underwater mountain. It was located in the Norfolk Ridge, out in the middle of the Tasman Sea, and sonar maps suggested that it was just what they were looking for: gentle slopes free of rocks and crags, and a peak that rose to within 2,000 meters of the water's surface. But on day five of the voyage, the seas were rough and the seamount was nowhere to be found. Reluctantly, they decided to explore another underwater mountain. They lowered their "dredge"--a metal box with a net lining--and began dragging it up the slope. Immediately it snagged. "The bottom is very hard and ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor March 6, 2003 700+ words
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Source: HighBeam Research, Troubled Seas.