9 September 2022 Business News

MALDIVIAN AQUANAUTS ARRIVE ON MOTHERSHIP AHEAD OF HISTORIC DIVE

Two Maldives scientists will journey into the history books when they become the first citizens from the world’s lowest-lying nation to descend deep into the Indian Ocean.

 
MLV AQUANAUTS ARRIVAL 20220909 NR 
 
DATE:  SEPTEMBER 9
HEADLINE: MALDIVIAN AQUANAUTS ARRIVE ON MOTHERSHIP AHEAD OF HISTORIC DIVE
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LOCATION: VAAVU ATOLL,MALDIVES
SOURCE:  NEKTON
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STORYLINE
Two Maldives scientists will journey into the history books when they become the first citizens from the world’s lowest-lying nation to descend deep into the Indian Ocean.
 
Marine biologist, Shafiya Naeem, the director general of the Maldives Marine Research Institute and her research assistant colleague Farah Amjad have been chosen as lead aquanauts on the maiden dive of the Nekton Maldives Mission.
 
The expedition is a joint initiative by UK-based Nekton and the Maldives government to map, sample and gather data on ocean health which can inform policy makers both in the Maldives and beyond as the climate crisis deepens  
 
The aquanauts arrived aboard the mission mothership RV Odyssey off Vaavu Atoll to undergo safety briefings and complete final preparations ahead of boarding the Omega Seamaster II three-person submersible for the first dive of the mission. 
 
SHOT LIST 
  1. Aquanaut Shafiya Naeem, the director general of the Maldives Marine Research Institute steps aboard RV Odyssey off Vaavu Atoll,Maldives, 
  2. Shafiya Naeem meets Nekton colleague 
  3. Aquanaut Farah Ahjad steps aboard 
  4. Nekton Principal Scientist Dr Lucy Woodall on deck
  5. Aquanauts on deck
  6. Aerial RV Odyssey mothership 
  

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Media Briefing

9 September 2022