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An experience you won’t sea in the classroom. ⚓ Twenty students from across Australia will gain hands-on experience aboard our research vessel (RV) Investigator. Students will be departing from Fremantle on a 13-day voyage to Hobart, receiving training in the vessel’s scientific systems and conducting at sea science including seafloor mapping, sediment sampling and oceanographic surveys. The voyage is part of CAPSTAN (the Collaborative Australian Postgraduate Sea-Training Alliance Network), a national tertiary sea-training initiative of CSIRO, the University of Tasmania's Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), and the Australian and New Zealand International Scientific Drilling Consortium (ANZIC). CAPSTAN brings together marine science students and trainers from 18 Australian universities who are involved in studies across Earth sciences, oceanography, marine ecology, Antarctic studies, and more. This unique sea-going experience is invaluable for developing Australia’s next generation of marine experts. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/gDPTbuxE 📷 | Maren Preuss, John Hooper, Pier van der Merwe (IMAS).