Dagon

The team works from a research vessel called Dagon, with a crewed submersible, Bakunawa, capable of going to the full ocean depth of 11km.

The musician was detained in Yangon's North Dagon Township by police on Wednesday before friends and family lost contact with him, sources familiar with the incident told the BBC.

Last month's sentencing of the Dagon University students comes after Myanmar's military was condemned globally for executing four democracy activists in July who had been accused of aiding "terror acts".

The model lived in Yangon's North Dagon Township - where military administration is followed.

Lawyers for one of the researchers involved in the effort — Georgia Tech’s David Dagon — also said Durham’s description of events were misleading.