CREDITS

Primary funding was provided by the British Broadcasting Corporation and The Discovery Channel. Supplemental funding for additional shiptime and fuel was provided by Science Applications International Corporation and BP Marine Limited. La Fondation des Treilles supported a post-cruise workshop and analyses of cruise results for the production of the cruise report and this web site.

Science support funding was provided by the University of Rhode Island, British Geological Survey, Geological Survey of Canada, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Census of Marine Life, University of New Hampshire Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, Institute for Geophysics at the University of Texas Austin, Pennsylvania State University, Institut de Recherche pour le Dévelopement–“Géosciences Azur”–Observatoire Océanologique, and L’ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan. Oceaneering International Corporation provided extensive support and provision of the M/V The Performer. Special thanks to the Captain and crew.

SEATOS results were used in several TV documentaries, aired by BBC and Discovery Channel and produced by Darlow Smithson Productions. Special thanks to Julian Ware and Ed Wardle for their strong support of science in the TV shows. Thanks also to David Mearns, Bluewater Recoveries for oversight, coordination, and developing the concept for the documentaries. We thank the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence and Hydrographic Office for Dave Tappin’s access to the HMS Scott data, the British Embassy Jakarta for assistance with offshore permitting, and The Republic of Indonesia for granting permits for the survey.

Editing and design by Geosciences Professional Services.