Norway To Map Deep Bounding Main Mineral Deposits

From Maritime Executive:

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate is readying to map potential deep sea mineral deposits inward the Norwegian Sea, alongside an expedition due to instruct underway this month.

The Directorate has engaged Swire Seabed, which partners alongside Ocean Floor Geophysics, to bear out mapping of potential sulfide minerals on the seabed over the Mohns Ridge inward the western Norwegian Sea. This is a spreading ridge inward the Atlantic Ocean that separates ii oceanic plates, where potential valuable minerals get got been formed through hot volcanic sources. The focus of the expedition is non the active hydraulic systems such equally “black smokers,” but rather non-active extinct systems that are instantly left equally mineral-rich piles of gravel on the seabed.

The mapping volition last carried out using an autonomous underwater vehicle, a Kongsberg Hugin AUV, which volition map the seabed using a bottom-penetrating echo sounder, multibeam bathymetry, synthetic aperture sonar data, magnetometry together with spontaneous potential champaign data.

After the information is processed on board, mineral samples volition last taken from the seabed where the information indicates the presence of deposits. Sampling volition last carried out using an underwater remotely operated vehicle alongside a depth capability of 3,000 meters (9,800 feet).

Earlier studies past times the Norwegian Research Council get got indicated that the share could incorporate resources worth equally much equally $110 billion. Around 6.4 1 thou k tons of copper metallic inward add-on to zinc (6.5 1 thou k tons), gilded (170 tons) together with argent (9,901 tons) get got been estimated to last acquaint inward the region....MORE

Meanwhile, at the other halt of the Northern Sea Route, also via Maritime Executive:

Dredging for Gold inward the Bering Sea 

By the U.S.A. Coast Guard News 2018-08-15 12:36:24

The snowfall has thawed plenty for the gilded dredging flavour to kicking off, together with dredgers inward Nome, Alaska, are cook to last on the H2O inward search of hidden treasures on the Bering Sea floor. With boats inward the H2O together with deckhands aboard, these gritty together with independent men together with women are cook to striking the flavour difficult inward hopes of finding their lucky cache.

However, earlier these pioneers tin seek out their awaiting treasures on their unique vessels, they must begin obtain an inspection from the the U.S.A. Coast Guard. An approved Coast Guard vessel inspection is also required past times the Department of Natural Resources inward monastic say for dredgers to obtain a seasonal permit to dredge inward Nome. They are off to a after begin than usual this year, which made for a bustling calendar week of inspections that picked upward steam equally the calendar week went on...MORE

I nonetheless get got problem wrapping my caput about the Nome gilded rush.

Compared to the horrors of walking to the Dawson/Yukon/Klondike gilded rush:

Where virtually of the 100,000 or together with thence adventurers struck out completely together with those that did regain some 'color' suffered freezing inward the wintertime together with mosquitos inward the summertime along alongside backbreaking project to vary the misery, the uncovering of gilded at Nome was a twenty-four hr menses at the beach.

From Wikipedia:

The Nome Gold Rush was a gilded rush inward Nome, Alaska, only about 1899–1909.^[1] It is separated from other gilded rushes past times the relaxation alongside which gilded could last obtained. Much of the gilded was lying inward the beach sand of the landing house together with could last recovered without whatever demand for a claim....

Although some who had come upward up the Dawson trail together with failed ended upward crossing Alaska along the Yukon river, other after arrivals took ships upward from Seattle which deposited them at the beach.