A researcher with a yellow hard hat and purple gloves holds a long dark "whale beak" in the wet lab on the Okeanos Explorer.
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Careful Handling of the Collected Whale Beak
Chloe Wragg, a senior technical officer at the Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority, carefully handles the fossilized whale beak collected during Dive 14 of the 2026 Cook Islands ROV Exploration cruise.
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NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2026 Cook Islands ROV Exploration