PERISCOP

The PERISCOP is a pressurized recovery device designed for retrieving deep-sea marine life at depths exceeding 2,000 metres.

[1]: 881  The device was designed by Bruce Shillito and Gerard Hamel at the Universite Pierre et Marie Curie.

[2] The name is an acronym for the French phrase Projet d’Enceinte de Remontée Isobare Servant la Capture d’Organismes Profonds ("Enclosure project for isobaric ascent serving to capture deep organisms").

[1]: 883  Upon surfacing, samples can be observed, filmed, and/or photographed through transparent view ports in the device.

[1]: 886 [2] The device has also recovered several shrimp species (Mirocaris fortunata, Chorocaris chacei, and Rimicaris exoculata) at vent fields Lucky Strike and Rainbow.