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NEWS ALERT UCC Marine Geosciences Research Group saves Xmas!

16 Dec 2022

Merry Xmas everybody

Well that was a close one!  Thanks to the UCC Marine Geosciences Research Group speedy action and technological expertise, millions of children will get their presents this year and the craic team averted a major catastrophe and saved Xmas. 

Every year, Santa takes his reindeer out for some pre-flight flights to warm up the sleigh and shake down the reindeer. This year, near the North Pole disaster struck as a freak storm (you know that pesky climate warming thing) suddenly froze all the reindeer鈥檚 hooves and Rudolph鈥檚 nose went out!  Not surprisingly, Santa, the reindeer and his sleigh plummeted to the ground, crashing through the sea ice and sank to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean. Of course, Santa and the reindeer miraculously survived and clambered out of the perishingly cold water, they are magic after all. Tragically, though, the sleigh was lost! No sleigh, no presents popping down your proverbial chimney.  

When Santa gave us a call, we couldn鈥檛 say no. In double quick time the UCC Marine Geosciences Research Group mobilised the vessel and shot off to the frozen wastes. A little bit of ice breaking later we arrived to find a very grumpy Santa (no Yo-Ho-Ho this time!).  Don鈥檛 worry Santa, UCC Marine Geosciences Research Group will get your sleigh back!  After a few tense hours of side-scan sonar box searching we identified some targets with one looking distinctly sleigh shaped at 1547 m water depth on the edge of the Lomonosov Ridge (see image above). A now much merrier Santa 鈥測o-ho-hoed up鈥� an elf-sized submersible and the next thing we knew the sleigh was back on the ice - heavily colonised by a new species of Arctic hydroid (brilliant 鈥� so we鈥檒l be publishing that although I鈥檓 not sure the peer-reviewers will believe us!). 

So鈥� can the UCC Marine Geosciences Research Group wish you all a very merry Xmas in this time of unforeseen surprises, we鈥檙e always happy to help out during global crises and we hope your children appreciate their presents and all that went into making Xmas this year a success! 

From Andy, Ger, John, Larissa, Felix, Alicia, Audrey and Riccardo