After the successful completion of the Beyond the Blue: Hawaiʻi Mapping expedition, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer is in port in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Up next is the Beyond the Blue: Papahānaumokuākea Mapping 1 expedition, which will be the first of three expeditions on the ship this year focused on mapping deep waters within Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in support of the Beyond the Blue: Illuminating the Pacific exploration campaign. This next expedition will commence on June 21.
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer is the only federal vessel dedicated to exploring our largely unknown ocean for the purpose of discovery and the advancement of knowledge about the deep ocean.
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