The Rebikoff-Niggeler Foundation (FRN) is acting in the field of deep-sea research and documentation of deep-sea environments in the Northeast Atlantic, using manned submersible technology. FRN has been declared an Institution of Public Benefit, in the year 2000.
Filming of deep-sea fauna has been done for several nature documentaries, including the BBC´s Blue Planet II series. The LULA1000 submersible has been optimized for quality filming of fauna and habitats in deep-sea environments.
Joint research projects are being carried out with a number of national and international research partners.
In situ documentation of deep-sea fauna and habitats is used for scientific and educational purposes.
The LULA1000 team managed – for the first time ever – to capture video of a black scabbardfish, in almost 1000 meters of depth south of Madeira´s capital Funchal.
Between 11th and 17th October 2020, the MARE Madeira – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre carried out the MARE@Porto Santo 2020 expedition, during which 27 researchers were involved doing habitat and biodiversity characterization, from aerial imaging to the deep sea. The Rebikoff Foundation participated with their LULA1000 manned submersible and its support catamaran ADA REBIKOFF. Two […]
“… In the deep sea of Madeira, onbord the submersible LULA1000, and for the first time in the history of Humanity in such great depth, we could here Sophia…”) On 6th november, the famous Portuguese poet and writer Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen would have been celebrating her 100th birthday. The marine biologist Manuel Biscoito […]
