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Topic: Expeditions

Exploration Vessel Nautilus at sea.

E/V Nautilus embarks on expedition in Midway Atoll, honors WWII battle

September 6, 2023

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Exploration Vessel Nautilus at sea.

Pink bubblegum coral and a sea star

Watch live: NOAA explorers help unlock mysteries of undersea mountains

June 29, 2021

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Pink bubblegum coral and a sea star

This synaphobranchid eel was documented preying on a fish during Dive 16 of NOAA's Windows to the Deep 2019, a recent expedition also to waters of the U.S. Southeast.

More 'must-see TV': Tune into our deep-sea expedition in the U.S. Southeast

November 4, 2019

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This synaphobranchid eel was documented preying on a fish during Dive 16 of NOAA's Windows to the Deep 2019, a recent expedition also to waters of the U.S. Southeast.

NOAA/CIRES researcher Matthew Shupe, co-lead of MOSAiC talks with Thomas Krumpen, from the Alfred Wegener Institute on Sept. 19, 2019 in Tromso, Norway, as the mission prepares to launch. The German icebreaker Polarstern, which will be locked in ice for 13 months, is to the left. The support ship Russian Federov, right, will return to Norway in October, while Polarstern will remain frozen in the ice until next fall. Photo: Sara Morris, NOAA/CIRES

A year locked in ice: Unprecedented expedition under way to explore central Arctic

September 20, 2019

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NOAA/CIRES researcher Matthew Shupe, co-lead of MOSAiC talks with Thomas Krumpen, from the Alfred Wegener Institute on Sept. 19, 2019 in Tromso, Norway, as the mission prepares to launch. The German icebreaker Polarstern, which will be locked in ice for 13 months, is to the left. The support ship Russian Federov, right, will return to Norway in October, while Polarstern will remain frozen in the ice until next fall. Photo: Sara Morris, NOAA/CIRES

A view inside the control room on board NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer during a remotely operated vehicle dive on the Windows to the Deep 2019: Exploration of the Southeast U.S. Continental Margin expedition.

Watch live: NOAA’s deep-sea expedition to seamounts and canyons off U.S., Canada

August 26, 2019

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A view inside the control room on board NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer during a remotely operated vehicle dive on the Windows to the Deep 2019: Exploration of the Southeast U.S. Continental Margin expedition.

NOAA divers remove a net from the reef at Pearl and Hermes Atoll.

2018 Pacific expeditions: Corals and clean-up

November 15, 2018

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NOAA divers remove a net from the reef at Pearl and Hermes Atoll.

On July 17, a NOAA-funded team of Project Recover scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and the University of Delaware discovered the missing 75- foot stern section of the destroyer USS Abner Read in 290 feet of water off of Kiska, Alaska. The stern sank Aug 18, 1943, at the height of World War II after being blown off by a Japanese mine. Pictured, research vessel Norseman II in transit through the Aleutian Islands, a chain of volcanic islands that

Stern of World War II U.S. destroyer discovered off remote Alaskan island by NOAA-supported scientists

August 15, 2018

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On July 17, a NOAA-funded team of Project Recover scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and the University of Delaware discovered the missing 75- foot stern section of the destroyer USS Abner Read in 290 feet of water off of Kiska, Alaska. The stern sank Aug 18, 1943, at the height of World War II after being blown off by a Japanese mine. Pictured, research vessel Norseman II in transit through the Aleutian Islands, a chain of volcanic islands that

From January 20 to February 11, 2017, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer conducted a mapping reconnaissance expedition in PRIMNM. In the Jarvis Unit of PRIMNM, multibeam data revealed an approximate 1,700 meter seamount height difference when compared to previous satellite altimetry. This is a great example of why it is important to map the seafloor using modern, high-resolution sonar systems.

Watch live: NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer probes seamounts, deep-water areas of central Pacific

April 27, 2017

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ocean exploration

From January 20 to February 11, 2017, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer conducted a mapping reconnaissance expedition in PRIMNM. In the Jarvis Unit of PRIMNM, multibeam data revealed an approximate 1,700 meter seamount height difference when compared to previous satellite altimetry. This is a great example of why it is important to map the seafloor using modern, high-resolution sonar systems.

NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer is America's ship for exploration. Here's a great view of the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer as it conducted operations in the northern Gulf of Mexico in 2012.

Watch live: NOAA's Okeanos Explorer expedition to remote Pacific marine protected areas

March 7, 2017

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NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer is America's ship for exploration. Here's a great view of the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer as it conducted operations in the northern Gulf of Mexico in 2012.

Mounted on the after deck of the “mother” submarine I-24, midget submarine HA-19 is boarded by its crew, Kazuo Sakamaki and Kiyoshi Inagaki, in the pre-dawn hours of December 7, 1941.

Media advisory: NOAA to explore WWII Japanese submarines near Pearl Harbor

November 22, 2016

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Mounted on the after deck of the “mother” submarine I-24, midget submarine HA-19 is boarded by its crew, Kazuo Sakamaki and Kiyoshi Inagaki, in the pre-dawn hours of December 7, 1941.

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