Expeditions and Projects 2001-2018
Web content for expeditions and projects led or supported by NOAA Ocean Exploration between 2001 and 2018 has been archived. This content is still available, but is not being maintained and can be found on the archive site organized by topic, location, and year.
Multiyear Campaigns
2018
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer
Océano Profundo 2018: Exploring Deep-sea Habitats off Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (EX1811)
Mapping Deepwater Areas off the Southeast U.S. in Support of the Extended Continental Shelf Project (EX1810)
Windows to the Deep 2018: Exploration of the Southeast U.S. Continental Margin (EX1806)
Gulf of Mexico 2018 (EX1803)
Gulf of Mexico Technology Demonstration (EX1802)
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: 2018 Overview
Other
E/V Nautilus: 2018 Field Season
Mapping Deepwater Areas in the Caribbean and South Atlantic Bight
SUBSEA (Systematic Underwater Biogeochemical Science and Exploration Analog)
Deep Sea Exploration and Research of Coral/Canyon/Cold Seep Habitats (DEEP SEARCH)
Kiska: Alaska’s Underwater Battlefield
2017
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer
Gulf of Mexico 2017 (EX1711)
Canal Transit and Gulf of Mexico Mapping (EX1710)
Deep-Sea Symphony: Exploring the Musicians Seamounts (EX1708)
Musicians Seamounts Telepresence Mapping (EX1707)
2017 Laulima O Ka Moana: Exploring Deep Monument Waters Around Johnston Atoll (EX1706)
Mountains in the Deep: Exploring the Central Pacific Basin (EX1705)
Discovering the Deep: Exploring Remote Pacific Marine Protected Areas (EX1703)
2017 American Samoa Expedition: Suesuega o le Moana o Amerika Samoa (EX1702)
CAPSTONE Telepresence Mapping in Pacific Marine Protected Areas (EX1701)
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: 2017 Overview
Other
E/V Nautilus: 2017 Field Season
Discovering Deep-Sea Corals of the Phoenix Islands
DEEP SEARCH: DEEP Sea Exploration to Advance Research on Coral/Canyon/Cold Seep Habitats
Southeast Deep Coral Initiative: Exploring Deep-Sea Coral Ecosystems off the Southeast U.S.
Northern Neighbors: Transboundary Exploration of Deepwater Communities
Cuba’s Twilight Zone Reefs and Their Regional Connectivity
Exploring Methane Seeps on the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Margin: IMMeRSS
Exploring the Sunken Heritage of Midway Atoll
Pushing the Boundaries: Technology-Driven Exploration of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
2016
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer
Shakedown, Calibration, and Testing in the Main Hawaiian Islands (EX1608-1609)
Deepwater Wonders of Wake: Exploring the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (EX1606)
2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas (EX1605)
Mapping in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (EX1604)
2016 Hohonu Moana: Exploring Deep Waters off Hawaiʻi (EX1603)
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: Mission System Shakedown 2016 (EX1602)
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: 2016 Field Season Overview
Other
E/V Nautilus: 2016 Field Season
Searching for Life in the Mariana Back-arc
Battle of the Atlantic: Archaeology of an Underwater World War II Battlefield
Hidden Ocean 2016: Chukchi Borderlands
2015
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer
Hohonu Moana: Exploring the Deep Waters Off Hawai‘i (EX1504)
Tropical Exploration 2015 (EX1503)
Océano Profundo 2015: Exploring Puerto Rico’s Seamounts, Trenches, and Troughs (EX1502)
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: 2015 Field Season Overview
Other
E/V Nautilus: 2015 Field Season
Coral Ecosystem Connectivity 2015: From Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys
Search for the Lost Whaling Fleets of the Western Arctic
Ambient Sound at Full Ocean Depth: Eavesdropping on the Challenger Deep
Bioluminescence and Vision on the Deep Seafloor 2015
Mapping the Uncharted Diversity of Arctic Marine Microbes
Uncovering a Pirate City: 3D Mapping for Marine Applications
Exploration of the Muertos Trough and Puerto Rico Trench via Untethered Free Vehicles: 2015
2014
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer
Our Deepwater Backyard: Exploring Atlantic Canyons and Seamounts 2014 (EX1404)
East Coast Mapping (EX1403)
Exploration of the Gulf of Mexico 2014 (EX1402)
Other
E/V Nautilus: 2014 Field Season
Submarine Ring of Fire 2014 – Ironman
Return to Mendocino Ridge: U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Project, Exploratory Mapping Expedition
Seamounts of Anegada Passage 2014
Search for the Lost French Fleet of 1565
Coral Ecosystem Connectivity 2014: From Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys 2014
2013
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer
Northeast U.S. Canyons Expedition 2013 (EX1304)
New England Seamount Chain Exploration (EX1303)
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer 2013 ROV Shakedown and Field Trials in the U.S. Atlantic Canyons (EX1302)
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer 2013 Shakedown: Kicking the Tires (EX1301)
Other
Coral Ecosystem Connectivity 2013: From Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys
2012
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Canyons Expedition (EX1206)
Atlantic Canyons Undersea Mapping 2012 Expeditions (EX1204 + other NOAA ships)
Gulf of Mexico 2012 (EX1202)
Other
Submarine Ring of Fire 2012: Northeast Lau Basin
Russian-U.S. Arctic Census 2012
Deepwater Canyons 2012: Pathways to the Abyss
Turkey and Cyprus Expedition 2012
Exploring the Submerged New World 2012
2011
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer
Atlantic Shelf Break Expedition 2011 (EX1106)
Gulf of Mexico 2011 (EX1105)
Mid-Cayman Rise Expedition 2011 (EX1104)
Galápagos Rift Expedition 2011 (EX1103)
Other
Exploring the Hidden World of the Maritime Maya 2011
Exploring the Submerged New World 2011
New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration 2011
Bermuda Deep Water Caves 2011: Dives of Discovery
2010
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Maximizing Operations (EX1006)
INDEX 2010: Indonesia-USA Deep-Sea Exploration of the Sangihe Talaud Region (EX1004)
Other
Lophelia II 2010: Oil Seeps and Deep Reefs
Aquarius 2010: If Reefs Could Talk
Cradle of the Earthquake: Exploring the Underwater San Andreas Fault 2010
Extended Continental Shelf Project 2010
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary 2010
Thunder Bay 2010: Cutting Edge Technology and the Hunt for Lake Huron’s Lost Ships