Reprinted from InterRidge News 8.2 (Nov. 1999)
by Lauren S. Mullineaux, Chair and Cara Wilson (InterRidge Coordinator)
An unusual event caught the attention of the Biology Working Group this year: the announcement in April that tourist visits to the Rainbow vent site were being scheduled for October 1999. The cruise organization was being done by Zegrahm DeepSea Voyages, a tour company that has previously conducted tour groups to the Titanic. The platform for the cruises was the Akademik Keldysh with the MIR submersibles.