Global Marine presents The VENUS Experience at Scientific Submarine Cable (SSC) 06’

Global Marine Updates on Pioneering Research Project at
Fourth International Workshop on Scientific Use of Submarine Cables

Chelmsford UK/Dublin Ireland: Global Marine Systems Limited, the independent market-leading subsea cable installation and maintenance company, is pleased to announce that its Director of Engineering, Dr Phil Hart, will be presenting The VENUS Experience - A Case Study of the Philosophy, Design & Implementation of an Undersea Observatory Network in Coastal British Columbia at 11.10am on Wednesday 8th February at SSC06’ in Dublin.

Launched in November 2005, VENUS (Victoria Experimental Network Under the Sea) is Canada’s most advanced interactive seafloor observatory and represents a pioneering research project between the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Global Marine and the Canadian firm OceanWorks. VENUS pioneers the use of fibre-optic cabling technology to provide a real-time data feed of images, sound and scientific measurements from the sea floor which, from March 2006, can be viewed live over the internet. The project is based in the waters around Southern Vancouver Island, starting with the Saanich Inlet and will then move onto the Strait of Georgia.

With the Saanich Inlet part of the VENUS project due to go live within the coming weeks, Dr Hart’s presentation will discuss how complex design philosophies and practical system requirements were, in what some may have considered an unlikely partnership between industry and academic worlds, translated into a functional and high specification undersea observatory that represents a step change for the world of marine science and oceanography.

Commenting today, Dr Hart said, “VENUS is first and foremost a science driven project and one of the key challenges of the project was to take the original VENUS vision and translate it into a meaningful design solution that could meet the required functional requirements.” He added, “This was Global Marine’s first subsea observatory project but, as a company, we take great pride in being able to adapt our marine engineering solutions to new and exciting opportunities and are keen to be an active player in the broader underwater observatory market."

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For more information on Global Marine please contact:
Deborah Bartlett
Marketing & Communications
Global Marine Systems Limited
Tel: +44 (0) 1245 702105
Email: deborah.bartlett@globalmarinesystems.com