Early in December Russian research vessel “Professor Logachev” will head to the Atlantic to find proven deposits of sulphide ores at the oceanic bottom.
      
      Expedition and scheduled experiments are the part of federal research programme “World Ocean”. The journey will take 180 days, and the vessel expected to return in summer 2009.
      
      The expedition will explore Mid-Atlantic Ridge for proven deposits of sulphide ores, including iron, copper, zinc and nickel, by means of seismic sounding and unmanned submersibles.
      
      Said deposits were discovered by marine geologists from St. Petersburg. Scientists want to use following unmanned submersibles: “MAK-1” and “RIFT”, both developed in Russia.
      
      Source: Science & Technology