During rather long stretches on board the boat, we have to watch some tedious operations that the ROV's have to do. Surveys are especially bad and I don't know how the pilots keep themselves awake during it. Occasionally during these ops there is a "WTF?" wake up moment that you ponder to yourself, "did I just see what I think I saw?" Luckily I can look back through the data for confirmation. Here in all it's glory is the Great White Shark we saw off the coast of Norway. I was sceptical at first because the water temperature here is less than the ideal 12 - 18 degrees you usually find them in, and to the best of my knowledge Norwegians are not good eating. That being said these sharks do enjoy eating whales which is part of the Noggie diet, so it is possible this taste is what brings them to the colder waters.Anyway I sent the photo through to one of the Gelflings who is a somewhat expert on all matters shark related and after an initial response of it being a bronze whaler (knowledgeably quoting: "blamed for most worldwide attacks on people"), he took a second examination and came to the conclusion that in fact it was a Great White Shark. This impresses me greatly as I was barely able to distinguish that this aquatic creature was probably a shark.
This becomes my coolest ROV sighting from this boat, replacing the seal sighting in the North Sea in August.
