Hadal Zone Master Class with Professor Alan Jamieson

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In this episode…

Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea!

This month Alan makes it back to Perth for another of Old Mate’s sausage sizzles, and Thom is deep into prep mode for his upcoming Antarctica trip. We talk about video games, an Australian classic song of the month, glycerin mega mouth sharks and polar bear patrols. Our guest this month is the one, the only, Prof. Alan Jamieson! Join our most favorite deep-sea professor, who takes us on a tour of the very bottom of the deepest of deep-sea. Get ready for a hot take on the past, present and future of this frontier science, while we “turn our backs to the shallow water”- Alan.

In the news, get ready for updates on:

• Microplastic and Copepod gut tracts
• Rare Phantom Jelly footage
• An Arctic Deep-sea oasis
• A surprise source of hydrogen for the deep-sea
• The King-of-the-salmon visits the surface waters

We hear from Meghan Jones, cofounder of the Unseen Ocean Collective with a fun Q&A about upcoming events in Juneau Alaska and Spokane Washington, 2026.

Discord update

• Deep-sea dating articles
• Deep-Sea Valentine game
• Book recommendations and ROV highlight reels
• Squid hats in the wild.
• Whale-fall tattoos

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Reference list News

Deep-Sea News

Study Records Zooplankton Transporting Microplastics to the Deep Sea

Real-time visualization reveals copepod mediated microplastic flux - ScienceDirect

Deep-Sea Divers Capture Rare Footage of a Giant Phantom Jellyfish | PetaPixel

Schmidt Ocean Institute Phantom Jellyfish Footage

Scientists just found 'deep-sea oasis' in an Arctic region thought to be barren

Deep-sea vents are drawing hydrogen from a hidden source - Earth.com

California Diver Spots Rare Deep-Sea King-Of-The-Salmon Just 4.6 Meters Below The Surface

Discord Updates

These Deep-Sea Creatures Liked You on Hinge - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

Deep-Sea Valentine Game

Unseen Ocean Collective

Unseen Ocean Collective Website

Unseen Ocean Collective (@unseenoceancollective) • Instagram photos and videos

Unseen Ocean Collective on BlueSky

Free Deep-Sea Coloring Pages

Interview Links

Volcanic deposits on the Tonga forearc and trench: new insights from direct seafloor observations

Deep ocean seascape ecology: gaps and pathways for application

Geomorphology and bait-attending hadal fauna of the sui-shin hole (Philippine Basin, NW Pacific; 5616–6410 m) - ScienceDirect

Bottom mixed layer derivation and spatial variability over the central and eastern abyssal Pacific Ocean

Credits

Song of the month: Smoko by The Chats

Logo image: Alan Jamieson

Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel