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We come from the island of Limuw,

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which is now called Santa Cruz Island.

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As a coastal Chumash person,

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everything in my culture
includes the ocean

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[singing]

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The ocean brings us everything we need.

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The ocean brings us life.

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It was a unique experience
to have the Chumash guests

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with us on this trip, because the waters
that we're mapping right now

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are very important to their people,

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very important to their heritage.

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We were incredibly lucky to have a Chumash

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representative on board for one,
it really helps bridge

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the gap between what we would consider,
say, Western science

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and more Indigenous
knowledge. [On the Explorer,

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now, 15 minutes to AUV deployment.

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That is 15 minutes to AUV deployment.]

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We have two of the autonomous
underwater vehicles from the University

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of Southern Mississippi
with us on this expedition.

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[Bridge, dive boss, you got me?

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Yes, I got you loud and clear.]

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These are

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very challenging environments
for these two vehicles, which we're

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sending down to nearly 2,000 meters
in depth to operate by themselves

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and map.

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We have Eagle Ray, which is a torpedo-

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shaped vehicle that specializes
in acoustic mapping of the seafloor.

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And we have Mola Mola,
which is a hovering-style vehicle,

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and it's equipped with a new imaging
system with laser-derived bathymetry.

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We're able to get down to 25 to 50 meters
above the seafloor

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and actually get really high-resolution,
high-fidelity data.

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Once we download the data is
where all the excitement happens,

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where we get to see our first glimpse
of this new environment.

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What this allows us to do

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is really start taking these data points
and piecing them together. Over time,

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more and more data points

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give us a more holistic understanding
of what our oceans are,

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how they influence us on land, and
how it impacts us on a day to day life.

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Humans have a long

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legacy of exploration,
and being able to just find

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those dark corners and illuminate them
with some kind of light and understanding,

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I think not only gives us the potential
for better understanding our environment

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around us, but also protecting it

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More than an exploring spirit

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is the relationship to the land,

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relationship to the water.

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It leads you places.

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[singing]

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It means waves come
in, the waves go out.

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The ocean was doing that before
I was born.

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The ocean will continue to do that.

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When I'm gone,
we can't live without the ocean.

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But without us,

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she will go on.