Protecting Bremer Canyon
A$125
of $10,000 targetyrs ago
Closed on 17th Jan 2016 at 4:16PM.
Untouched wilderness areas are fast becoming a thing of the past and Australia's offshore marine environments are not immune.
Bremer Canyon, located some 60 kilometres off the remote West Australian south coast seasonally plays host to an incredible variety of marine life including dozens of killer whales, sharks, tuna and seabirds.
800 metres below is an enormous deposit of oil, a resource that has being noticed by interested industrial developers.
In 2013 we produced a film for Smithsonian USA entitled "Hunt for the Super Predator" which highlighted this amazing ecosystem to a global television audience.
2014-15 saw us produce a sequel for Discovery Channel and also the commencement of our community funded scientific expeditions to the site.
To date, the generosity of past expeditioners has allowed us to keep a spotlight firmly on this remarkable location with over 100 daily excursions to the site throughout 2014 and 2015.
January 15th 2016 will see the re-commencement of daily expeditions and we are once again offering expeditioners the chance to come on board and witness the spectacle firsthand.
Community support for this project has been extremely positive and we hope 2016 will be no different as the future of Bremer Canyon's marine life depends on it..
Bremer Canyon, located some 60 kilometres off the remote West Australian south coast seasonally plays host to an incredible variety of marine life including dozens of killer whales, sharks, tuna and seabirds.
800 metres below is an enormous deposit of oil, a resource that has being noticed by interested industrial developers.
In 2013 we produced a film for Smithsonian USA entitled "Hunt for the Super Predator" which highlighted this amazing ecosystem to a global television audience.
2014-15 saw us produce a sequel for Discovery Channel and also the commencement of our community funded scientific expeditions to the site.
To date, the generosity of past expeditioners has allowed us to keep a spotlight firmly on this remarkable location with over 100 daily excursions to the site throughout 2014 and 2015.
January 15th 2016 will see the re-commencement of daily expeditions and we are once again offering expeditioners the chance to come on board and witness the spectacle firsthand.
Community support for this project has been extremely positive and we hope 2016 will be no different as the future of Bremer Canyon's marine life depends on it..
How The Funds Will Be Used
The vessels we are using to traverse to the site are large and expensive to operate, coupled with the fact we are only running them at half capacity (half the number of passengers we could carry (so as to accommodate scientists and researchers) means there is very little if any profit to be made from the expeditions.
Being documentary makers we are producing another film during the course of 2016 and HOPEFULLY we will be able to benefit through its sale to an international Television Broadcaster.
Additionally, everyone coming on board via this campaign will receive a rough cut version of the film that we produce in 2016.
Being documentary makers we are producing another film during the course of 2016 and HOPEFULLY we will be able to benefit through its sale to an international Television Broadcaster.
Additionally, everyone coming on board via this campaign will receive a rough cut version of the film that we produce in 2016.
The Challenges
The project is reliant on Australian and international community members pledging to come on board one or more excursions in order for us to successfully undertake our 2016 series of expeditions.
We are offering the minimum amount of seats necessary to undertake the daily expeditions in order to give our Pozible campaign the best possible chance of success.
We are offering the minimum amount of seats necessary to undertake the daily expeditions in order to give our Pozible campaign the best possible chance of success.
Website Access!
By pledging an amount of $5.00 you will receive lifetime access to our website ! Daily expedition updates will be commencing 15th January 2016 (day 1 of the expeditions) and with killer whales, great white sharks and giant squid all having been encountered in the area, the daily updates are bound to make for some interesting reading!
0 chosen / 50 available
Est. delivery is Feb 16
"Special Thanks"
Not only do you receive lifetime access to our website, a pledge of $10.00 will see your name listed on "bremercanyon.com" as a much valued supporter of this one of a kind community funded project .. thank you in advance!!
0 chosen / 100 available
Est. delivery is Feb 16
Best 10 images
A pledge of $25.00 will see you issued with both rewards 1 and 2 as well as being provided with 10 x high resolution digital images captured by one of professional stills photographers. All people who supported this reward in 2014 will also have access to these images!
3 chosen / 47 available
Est. delivery is Jul 16
Footage from 2016
In addition to receiving a copy of the above and below water footage we collect in 2016, rewards 1-3 are included as well! Everyone who acquired this reward in 2014 will also receive access to the 2016 footage!
0 chosen / 50 available
Est. delivery is Jul 16
One Expeditioner seat
A pledge of $500.00 secures a position on one of our daily expeditions to Western Australia's Bremer Canyon on board our 60ft film and research vessel DhuForce. Our other boat, Cetacean Explorer is focused primarily on killer whales but Dhu Force is the boat where most scientific and filming activity will occur. In addition, you will also receive all of the preceding rewards Positions are extremely limited so make sure to get in early! Who knows, you could even end up in our next documentary!
0 chosen / 50 available
Est. delivery is Jan 16