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Topic: Expeditions

The remotely operated vehicle, Deep Discoverer, imaging the deep seafloor off American Samoa

NOAA and partners to explore, map deep waters of American Samoa

August 17, 2026

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Okeanos Explorer

seafloor mapping

deep seabed mining

The remotely operated vehicle, Deep Discoverer, imaging the deep seafloor off American Samoa

This hydroid, an independent polyp related to jellyfish and corals, found in the deep waters of the Cook Islands

NOAA-led ocean mapping expedition in Cook Islands hailed as a resounding success

November 20, 2025

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ocean exploration

This hydroid, an independent polyp related to jellyfish and corals, found in the deep waters of the Cook Islands

A remotely operated vehicle called Hercules searching in darkness of the deep ocean.

NOAA-supported expedition to explore deep waters of Cook Islands

September 29, 2025

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ocean exploration

A remotely operated vehicle called Hercules searching in darkness of the deep ocean.

A remotely operated vehicle takes photos in the deep sea of a sunken submarine.

Watch live: NOAA-supported exploration of lost shipwrecks of Iron Bottom Sound

July 2, 2025

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ocean exploration

A remotely operated vehicle takes photos in the deep sea of a sunken submarine.

Exploration Vessel Nautilus at sea.

E/V Nautilus embarks on expedition in Midway Atoll, honors WWII battle

September 6, 2023

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Exploration Vessel Nautilus at sea.

Pink bubblegum coral and a sea star

Watch live: NOAA explorers help unlock mysteries of undersea mountains

June 29, 2021

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ocean exploration

Okeanos Explorer

Pink bubblegum coral and a sea star

This synaphobranchid eel was documented preying on a fish during Dive 16 of NOAA's Windows to the Deep 2019, a recent expedition also to waters of the U.S. Southeast.

More 'must-see TV': Tune into our deep-sea expedition in the U.S. Southeast

November 4, 2019

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ocean exploration

Okeanos Explorer

This synaphobranchid eel was documented preying on a fish during Dive 16 of NOAA's Windows to the Deep 2019, a recent expedition also to waters of the U.S. Southeast.

NOAA/CIRES researcher Matthew Shupe, co-lead of MOSAiC talks with Thomas Krumpen, from the Alfred Wegener Institute on Sept. 19, 2019 in Tromso, Norway, as the mission prepares to launch. The German icebreaker Polarstern, which will be locked in ice for 13 months, is to the left. The support ship Russian Federov, right, will return to Norway in October, while Polarstern will remain frozen in the ice until next fall. Photo: Sara Morris, NOAA/CIRES

A year locked in ice: Unprecedented expedition under way to explore central Arctic

September 20, 2019

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NOAA/CIRES researcher Matthew Shupe, co-lead of MOSAiC talks with Thomas Krumpen, from the Alfred Wegener Institute on Sept. 19, 2019 in Tromso, Norway, as the mission prepares to launch. The German icebreaker Polarstern, which will be locked in ice for 13 months, is to the left. The support ship Russian Federov, right, will return to Norway in October, while Polarstern will remain frozen in the ice until next fall. Photo: Sara Morris, NOAA/CIRES

A view inside the control room on board NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer during a remotely operated vehicle dive on the Windows to the Deep 2019: Exploration of the Southeast U.S. Continental Margin expedition.

Watch live: NOAA’s deep-sea expedition to seamounts and canyons off U.S., Canada

August 26, 2019

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ocean exploration

Okeanos Explorer

A view inside the control room on board NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer during a remotely operated vehicle dive on the Windows to the Deep 2019: Exploration of the Southeast U.S. Continental Margin expedition.

NOAA divers remove a net from the reef at Pearl and Hermes Atoll.

2018 Pacific expeditions: Corals and clean-up

November 15, 2018

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NOAA divers remove a net from the reef at Pearl and Hermes Atoll.

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