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Bermuda: Search for Deep Water Caves 2009 on the R/V Endurance between 20090905 and 20090930
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Deep-water marine caves are one of the Earth's last largely unexplored frontiers of undiscovered fauna (animal life). More than 150 limestone caves are known to exist... -
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ACUMEN 2012: Atlantic Canyons Undersea Mapping Expeditions
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Between February and August 2012, a team of NOAA and external partners will conduct a mapping âblitzâ focused on deepwater canyons off the northeastern seaboard.... -
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AtlanticCanyons2011: Exploration and Research of Mid-Atlantic Deepwater hard Bottom Habitats and Shipwrecks with Emphasis on Canyons and Coral Communities between 20110604 and 20110617
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This is an interagency study that focuses on the exploration and investigation of deepwater hard bottom biological communities located in the northwest Atlantic Ocean... -
Federal
EX1206: Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Canyons Exploration on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer between 20121030 and 20121120
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
EX1206 was added and is now the final cruise of the 2012 season for Okeanos Explorer (EX). It will be primarily focused on further supplementing Northeast canyon and... -
Federal
Chile Triple Junction 2012: NE Lau Basin on Scripps Research Vessel Roger Revelle between 20120909 and 20120926
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Submarine Ring of Fire 2012 cruise will use the University of Bremen Quest 4000 remotely operated vehicle to locate, map and sample hydrothermal sites at... -
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R.M.S Titanic 2003 Expedition on the Russian Research Vessel Akademik Mstislav Keldysh between 20030622 and 20030702
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
As the leading ocean agency, and as per the Guidelines for Research, Exploration and Salvage of RMS Titanic, issued under the authority of the RMS Titanic Maritime... -
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EX1202L2 :Gulf of Mexico Exploration on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer between 20120319 and 20120407
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
During EX1202 Leg II between March 19 and April 7, 2012 on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer (EX), 24-hour operations will be split between daytime ROV operations at depths... -
Federal
SROF12: NE Lau Basin on Scripps Research Vessel Roger Revelle between 20120909 and 20120926
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Submarine Ring of Fire 2012 cruise will use the University of Bremen Quest 4000 remotely operated vehicle to locate, map and sample hydrothermal sites at... -
Federal
Exploring Alaska's Seamounts on RV Atlantis in North Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Alaska between 20040730 and 20040823
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Five seamounts (Denson, Dickins, Pratt, Welker and Giacomini) in the Gulf of Alaska that had not previously been observed by manned submersible or ROV were thoroughly... -
Federal
EX1304: Northeast U.S. Canyons Exploration on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer between 20130708 and 20130725 (Leg I) and 20130731 and 20130817 (Leg II)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
ROV exploration of the Northeast U.S. Deepwater Canyons complementing and continuing the work of the 2012 ACUMEN expedition. The two legs of EX1304 will perform... -
Federal
Cradle of the Earthquake: Exploring the Underwater San Andreas Fault on the R/V Pacific Storm and the SRV Derek M. Baylis between 20100910 and 20101003
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Over one hundred years after the devastating Great 1906 Earthquake that nearly destroyed San Francisco, this expedition explored the Northern San Andreas Fault, the... -
Federal
EX1201: Ship Shakedown and Patch Tests on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer between 20100214 and 20120223
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
EX1201 is the 2012 shakedown mission of NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer (EX) and will perform system patch tests of the vesselâs Kongsberg EM302 multibeam sonar. EX1201... -
Federal
EX1101: Ship Shakedown and Patch Tests on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer between March 16 and April 1, 2011
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This project will involve the shakedown of all Okeanos Explorer ship capabilities and a patch test of the Kongsberg EM302 multibeam system. Operations for this... -
Federal
EX1303: New England Seamount Chain Exploration on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer between 20130611 and 20130629
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Transit mapping operations will collect bathymetric, water column backscatter, seafloor backscatter data, and sub-bottom profile data. -
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South Atlantic Bight Habitat Mapping on NOAA Ship Nancy Foster in North Atlantic Ocean between 20070626 and 20070702
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This expedition on the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster used the recently-developed National Undersea Research Center for the North Atlantic and Great Lakes (NURC-NAGL) ROV...