AWI research vessel Heincke is investigating wartime wrecks and munition dumping sites (IMAGE)

Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research

AWI research vessel Heincke is investigating wartime wrecks and munition dumping sites

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The AWI research vessel Heincke is investigating wartime wrecks and munitions dumping sites during a two-week expedition. The grab (left) is used to collect samples of sediment and the organisms living within it, which are then rinsed and sieved (right).

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Alfred Wegener Institute / Matthias Brenner

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