{"id":54005,"date":"2016-12-09T13:24:09","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T23:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=54005"},"modified":"2020-05-08T12:54:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T22:54:14","slug":"hurl-completes-banner-year-of-dives-on-a-tight-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/12\/09\/hurl-completes-banner-year-of-dives-on-a-tight-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"HURL<\/abbr> completes banner year of dives on a tight budget"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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HURL<\/abbr> submersible ready for launch. Credit: Jana Light<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The deep sea is a dark, cold, remote place—yet many Earth processes, and likely the origin of life itself, occur uniquely there. Few have been able to study its wonders in person. The Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Undersea Research Laboratory<\/a> (HURL) based at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology<\/a> (SOEST) maintains two of the last manned submersibles in the world, the Pisces IV<\/abbr><\/em><\/a> and the Pisces V<\/abbr><\/em><\/a>. Even during tight budgetary times, the subs have enabled incredible research, discovery, and exploration\u2014not just for researchers but for students, as well.<\/p>\n

“We have just completed a banner year,” said Terry Kerby<\/a><\/strong>, director of facilities and submersible operations at HURL<\/abbr>. “It is hard to believe all that happened in 2016.”<\/p>\n

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