THE LOST PROBE
On its very first employment
to collect sediment and
methane hydrate from the
seafloor, the autoclave piston
corer’s wire cable snaps and
the probe is lost. The expensive
piece of equipment is stuck in
the mud at a depth of 800 m.
Frustrated, geologist Hermann
Kudraß and engineers Helmut
Kawohl and Rainer Goergens
discuss possible causes.