Studying Antarctica remotely from USM’s Department of Marine Science
by Becky Gillette
Published: January 11,2013
Tags: Antartica, Univeristy of Southern Mississippi, Vernon Asper
Dr. Vernon Asper, a researcher and professor in the Department of Marine Science at the University of Southern Mississippi, has taken 19 trips since 1990 to the Antarctica to do research on underwater particle dynamics using high-tech remotely operated vehicles to gather information. During his most recent trip in November, Asper deployed an ingenious underwater [...]
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