BOC’s cryogenic capability came to the rescue recently of a TV company searching for Great White sharks – not off Australia but off the coast of the UK.
Known as an area near the Celtic Sea, just 35 miles off the coast of the UK, a dead whale will be used as bait when it is dragged by a boat, with cameras attached to the vessel – with the aim of capturing a shark feeding on the carcass.
The whale washed up off the North Scottish coast earlier this year. Kept in storage in Shropshire, the whale was kept frozen by BOC by request of the TV company filming the experiment – which is due to air early next year.
A BOC spokesman said, “The background is that Big Wave TV Productions contacted BOC a year ago asking us to help freeze a beached whale when one becomes available. Their filming project, which is due to be aired on ITV early next year, is aimed at seeing what fish/predators will be eating the whale when it is put back into the sea.”
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