Follow along as participants in the cruise provide updates and reflections on their experiences, the science, the technology, and other elements of the expedition.
June 17, 2015
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer has successfully completed dry dock and is now on her way to Hawaii in preparation for the next three months’ worth of mapping and remotely operated vehicle operations.
Read moreJune 8, 2015
In honor of World Oceans Day, we asked our team what inspires them about the ocean.
Read moreJune 6, 2015 | By Lindsay McKenna
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer collects baseline ocean mapping data using sonars, which stands for Sound Navigation and Ranging.
Read moreJune 5, 2015 | By Kasey Cantwell
Yesterday afternoon we departed San Francisco, California, to head towards the location of our dry dock repair period, Bellingham, Washington. In good weather, Bellingham is about a 4 day steam away. However, we have not been in good weather.
Read moreJune 4, 2015 | By Jonathan Cotugno
Maybe I shouldn’t have used the word ‘surviving’. Surviving implies there is some hardship to overcome. There aren’t many hardships aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer.
Read moreJune 2, 2015 | By Abigail Casavant, Jonathan Cotugno, Kate von Krusenstiern, and Michael Barber
We set a timeframe to map the ocean in ten years and calculated how many ships would be needed. Each vessel would map a specific geographic area. This method allows us to optimize time and technology.
Read moreMay 30, 2015 | By Abigail Casavant
When I received the notification that I would be one of NOAA’s Explorers-In-Training aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, I was excited to join my first expedition out to sea.
Read moreMay 26, 2015 | By Kate von Krusenstiern
Kate von Krusenstiern here. It has been a full two weeks aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is voyage of firsts for me: first time at sea, first time participating in a research cruise, and first time working with multibeam sonar data.
Read moreMay 25, 2015 | By Lindsay McKenna
During this expedition we are transiting over the East Pacific Rise. This region is marked by chains of seamounts and small undersea mountains called knolls.
Read moreMay 23, 2015 | By Kasey Cantwell
When planning for this expedition began several months ago, one of the first things on Expedition Coordinator Lindsay Mckenna’s To Do list was to start the permitting process.
Read moreMay 22, 2015 | By Julian Schanze
The launch of two satellites has changed the way we measure and think about surface salinity in the ocean: NASA’s Aquarius instrument on the SAC-D platform and its European counterpart, ESA’s SMOS, are the first sensors capable of measuring salinity from space.
Read moreMay 22, 2015 | By Kasey Cantwell
The last few days have been a flurry of emails, meetings, phone calls, and schedule revisions between the ship and shore as the decision was made to divert NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer from her current course to head to the west coast of the United States for an emergency dry dock repair period.
Read moreMay 20, 2015 | By Lindsay McKenna
Last night someone shared an article with me about the #girlswithtoys trending on social media, which highlights female scientists and their “toys” or tools of the trade.
Read moreMay 16, 2015 | By Kasey Cantwell
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer left the pier in Panama City, Panama this morning at 0900, and so begins our adventure in the Pacific.
Read moreMay 15, 2015 | By LT Laura Gallant
A few days ago, we crossed through the Panama Canal and the officers, crew, and science party aboard Okeanos Explorer received the Order of the Ditch.
Read moreMay 13, 2015 | By Alan P. Leonardi, Ph.D.
For those who don’t know me or haven’t met me yet, I am the Director of NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER).
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