Featured Expedition: Gulf of Mexico 2012 Expedition
Follow the Okeanos Explorer in the Gulf of Mexico via the Okeanos Explorer Digital Atlas. Access data collected during the expedition as well as additional information about the Gulf.
Featured Content
Watch video clips from the Okeanos Explorer Gulf of Mexico 2012 Expedition. See how scientists used the tandem remotely operated vehicles (ROV's), Little Hercules and Seirios, to explore deep-sea habitats and marine life in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Featured Videos from the Okeanos Explorer
Explore the Gulf of Mexico 2012 Expedition mission logs, daily updates, photos, videos, and more!
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Gulf of Mexico 2012
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Education Materials
Bring the excitement of late-breaking ocean discoveries to your classroom through lesson plans, curricula, Expedition Education Modules, the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Materials Collection, and more.
Voyages Of Discovery
The NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer is a ship of discovery. Scientists and technicians on board work with shore-based exploration teams to use remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and other sensors and systems to conduct preliminary investigations, developing enough data to provide an energized science community with justification for future investigations.
Unlike many other ocean expeditions supported by NOAA, scientists remaining on shore and participating in Okeanos Explorer expeditions often outnumber scientists on the ship. Via telepresence, live images from the seafloor and other science data travel over satellite and high-speed Internet pathways to scientists standing watches in any of five Exploration Command Centers ashore as well as anyone with an Internet connection.
