Expedition News: Report on Project “ULTRA” from aboard the RRS James Cook
Project ULTRA – Ultramafic Resource Mineral Evaluation Project ULTRA is led by Professor Bramley Murton of the National Oceanography Centre (UK), and involves a two expedition project aboard the RRS James Cook in order to investigate metallic sulphide deposits formed in magnesium-rich mantle rocks 3km deep at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Among the science team are…