Engels : Nederlands A [blog] is a type of diary that appears on a website. = blog When the submersible touched the [bottom], it disturbed a fish. = bodem The bottom of the sea is covered with “[chimney]s” up to 20 metres high. = schoorsteen Thousands of [crab]s, mussels and fish live around the “chimneys”. = krab Water goes slowly down through tiny [crack]s in the sea bed. = barst The average [depth] of the sea is 3.86 kilometres. = diepte They set a world record by [descend]ing 183 metres below the surface of the ocean. = afdalen Hydrothermal vents are a recent [discovery] that we still don't know a lot about. = ontdekking When the submersible touched the bottom it [disturb]ed a fish. = verstoren Why doesn't the sea get saltier when millions of litres of water [evaporate] every day? = verdampen [Greetings] from a research ship in the Azores. = groeten [Hydrothermal vents] are a recent discovery that we still don't know a lot about. = hydrothermale bron [Molten rock] is rock that has become liquid because it is very hot. = gesmolten Thousands of crabs, [mussel]s and fish live around the “chimneys”. = mossel A two-man US [Navy] team dived to the deepest underwater point on Earth. = marine I am an [observer] – I am here to watch what happens. = toeschouwer As I [peer]ed down I realised I was looking toward a world of life. = turen / staren They are yellow, red, orange, green, blue – you can see why they're called [rainbow] vents. = regenboog Why doesn't the sea get [salt]ier when millions of litres of water evaporate every day? = zout We're over 2,000 metres down now and near the [sea bed]. = zeebodem In 1930 Charles William Beebe and Otis Barton [set a] world record by descending 183 metres. = een record vestigen Thousands of [shrimp]s, crabs, mussels and fish live around the “chimneys”. = [garnaal] The room is very [spacious] – it can hold up to fifty people. = ruim When the [submersible] touched the bottom it disturbed a fish. = onderzeeër / duikboot A [trench] is a long narrow valley at the bottom of the sea. = trog / geul The Mariana Trench in the western Pacific is the deepest [underwater] place on Earth. = onderwater- What a fantastic sight! It's so [unexpected]. = onverwacht The women's team reached the finals, [while] the men's team were knocked out in the first round. = terwijl