JAGO is the only crewed German research

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. The submersible and the crew K. Hissmann and the pilot J. Schauer are based at the

GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel The GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR), former ''Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences'' (German: ''Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften'', IFM-GEOMAR), is a research institute in Kiel, Germany. It was formed in 2004 ...

since 1 January 2006. The former owner was zoologist

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from the

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in Seewiesen, Bavaria. JAGO can dive up to and can carry one pilot and one observer. It can sample organisms, rock, gas and liquids, and can be used as a rescue and recovery vehicle for the northern

Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...

area. Due to the multidisciplinary connection between the GEOMAR and the

Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Kiel University, officially the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, (german: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in ...

, scientists from the Cluster of Excellence "

The Future Ocean The Future Ocean is a Cluster of Excellence founded in November 2006 in line with the German excellence initiative by the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU), the Muthesius Kunsthochschule (MKHS), the Institut für Weltwirtschaft (I ...

" have occasional access to the submersible.Overview JAGO
GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, 2012 In 2011 ''JAGO'' undertook a search to find and inspect ''

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'', one of the first submarines adapted for research.

Technical specifications

References

External links

Website GEOMAR: JAGO

Website Cluster of Excellence "The Future Ocean"
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