00:00So it's the only vessel which you can sunk and put back in the water, and it's the only
00:27vessel which you can work and operate in two different configurations, horizontal and vertical.
00:39So this is what is making FLIP absolutely unique.
00:51One of the few only vessels that can change mode from horizontal to vertical using seawater.
00:59Seawater is allowed to enter the vessel in certain compartments, this changes the buoyancy
01:04and stability.
01:05We flip vertically, we're able to control our draft and also our inclination using the
01:11internal tanks built on board, again filled purely with seawater.
01:17The reverse process going from vertical to horizontal, we expel that water using compressed
01:23air that we store on board.
01:48So FLIP is able to transition from horizontal to vertical in about half an hour, and the
01:53reverse at sea.
01:56The vertical condition is our main operating mode.
02:00When she's vertical she is very, very stable and comfortable, not reacting at all to the
02:04sea conditions.
02:05So in the roughest seas, FLIP remains immune to this wave action and remains comfortable
02:13on board and a stable platform for the scientific operations and data collection being undertaken.
02:27Our goals are to bring technological advances to FLIP, as well as make her accessible to
02:31a much broader market.
02:33We believe that our biggest challenge when it comes to the ocean is not necessarily pollution
02:37but our ignorance.
02:38And we believe that FLIP can be an important part of learning more about the ocean.
02:43Because, as you may know, FLIP was intended to be scrapped, to be cut in pieces, so we
03:03literally saved from death this amazing piece of history.
03:33The vessel behind me, as you can see, is of an age, it's from the 1960s, and a lot
03:48of the technology on board was also from that era.
03:51Even though it has been a platform to support a lot of really important innovation of science
03:56and technology and marine research since then, we want to create a platform that is versatile,
04:03but also has modern requirements for power, modern technology for communication, and will
04:11allow the very latest technologies to be deployed in this otherwise austere environment.
04:33We're really thrilled to see that the community in the science and research and marine space
05:02are incredibly excited to see that FLIP is going to have a new chapter.
05:07And the engagement that we'll have with them through the discovery phase is going to determine
05:11how we prioritize where she should be deployed first.
05:14She's never operated in the Mediterranean before.
05:18We're really excited to see her come and work here, but we want to ensure that she can operate
05:22safely with a global footprint, so she can go anywhere in the world and achieve what
05:27she's been built to do for anyone and anywhere safely.
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