The Norwegian Deep with Dr. Anne Helene Tandberg

Episode Summary

This month on the Deep-Sea Podcast, we speak with Anne Helene Tandberg, a researcher from the University Museum of Bergen who specializes in amphipods and curated the deep-sea exhibit at the University Museum of Bergen, Norway.

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In this episode…

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For our guest this month we speak with Anne Helene Tandberg, a researcher from the University Museum of Bergen who specializes in amphipods, and curated the deep-sea exhibit at the University Museum of Bergen Norway.

Join us for historical deep-sea artifacts, loads of info on Marie Tharp- a pioneering female geologist and oceanographer, a journey from Norway to Greenland underwater, the magic of a well planned carpet, and why the whales in Bergen are too short.

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• Sponges of the Alaskan Deep- with Italian commentary
• Rethinking Hydrothermal Vent Life
• Magnapinna Sightings
• Krill hot tub Parties

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• Japanese Game Shows
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• Electroshock adventures
• New Deep-Sea Photos
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Credits

Image credit:University of Bergen, Deep-Sea Exhibit, taken by Meghan Jones

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References

How Deep is Your Love (documentary)

Deep-Sea News

Scientists find nine new sponge species in glimpse of Alaska’s deep-sea diversity

Five new species of demosponges (Porifera) from the Aleutian Islands and the Gulf of Alaska | Zootaxa

Four new demosponges from Alaska and the designation of a new genus in Hymedesmiidae (Heteroscleromorpha, Poecilosclerida) | Zootaxa

Cradle of life? Why deep-sea vents might not be the answer

Rethinking the origin of life at seafloor hydrothermal vents | PNAS

MBARI researchers film chance encounter with a rare deep-sea bigfin squid

“Probably ate it headfirst." Here's what scientists found inside this deep-sea fish’s bulging belly | Discover Wildlife

Tiny krill are turning up in deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Scientists want to know why

Biological Oceanography | OSU Zooplankton Ecology Lab

Marie Tharp | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

2026 Inductees | Women of the Hall

Interview Links

Diversity, habitat endemicity and trophic ecology of the fauna of Loki’s Castle vent field on the Arctic Mid‑Ocean Ridge

Gammarid amphipods (Crustacea) in Norway, with a key to the species | Fauna norvegica

Exitomelita sigynae gen. et sp. nov.: a new amphipod from the Arctic Loki Castle vent field with potential gill ectosymbionts

A new species of Exitomelita (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from a deep-water wood fall in the northern Norwegian Sea

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University Museum of Bergen

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The unknown land – the deep sea | UiB.

The whale hall | UiB

Anne Helene Socials

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The Unusual Ocean: Who Lives in the Deep?

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The Unusual Ocean Book Website

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