Antarctica

• Saturday, December 30th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  British research robot to trawl depths of Antarctica

  

  The mysteries of the Antarctic deep will be probed in mid January by a new robot vessel capable of plunging 6.5 kilometer down, reports the BBC. Isis, the UK's first deep-diving remotely operated vehicle (ROV), will be combing the sea-bed in the region in its inaugural science mission.