Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................1
2017 National Ocean Exploration Forum: Ocean Exploration in a Sea of Data ...................3
2017 Expedition Overview Map..................................................................................................4
PART 1. Ocean Exploration Trust – E/V Nautilus ......................................................................6
Technology.........................................................................................................................................8
2017 Nautilus Samples Program .................................................................................................. 14
Nautilus Education and Outreach Programs .............................................................................. 16
Nautilus Field Season Overview .................................................................................................... 24
E/V Nautilus Mapping Summary 2017: Cascadia Margin to the
Revillagigedo Archipelago and Beyond ............................................................................ 26
Expedition 2017: Wiring the Abyss in the Northeast Pacific .............................................. 28
Submerged Sea Caves of Southern California’s Continental Borderland ........................ 30
Peering into the Abyss: Studying Our Own Ocean to Advance Astrobiology................... 32
Discovering the Undersea Beauty of Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary .............. 34
Quinault Canyon and Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary .................................... 36
Discovering Oregon’s Lost Coast: Finding and Studying Submerged
Archaeological Sites and Landscapes on the Pacific Continental Shelf ....................... 38
Exploration of the Northern Guaymas Basin ....................................................................... 39
Biogeochemical Exploration of the Pescadero Basin Vents ............................................... 42
Exploring and Mapping the Revillagigedo Archipelago World Heritage
Site in Mexico ...................................................................................................................... 44
PART 2. NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research .............................................. 46
CAPSTONE: NOAA’s Campaign to Address Pacific monument Science,
Technology, and Ocean NEeds ..................................................................................................... 48
CAPSTONE Operations 2015–2017 .............................................................................................. 53
Exploring Pacific Maritime Heritage ............................................................................................ 54
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: Exploring America’s Deep Ocean .............................................. 55
2017 NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Mapping Highlights ............................................................ 56
2017 Midwater Exploration on Okeanos Explorer ....................................................................... 61
Working with Video to Improve Deep-Sea Habitat Characterization ...................................... 64
Engagement: Exploring Global Opportunities in 2017 .............................................................. 68
Diversity and Inclusion .................................................................................................................. 71
2017 American Sāmoa Expedition: Suesuega o le Moana Amerika Sāmoa ........................... 72
Deepwater Exploration of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine
National Monument and Central Pacific Basin .......................................................................... 74
Discovering the Deep: Exploring Remote Pacific Marine Protected Areas ..................... 76
Mountains in the Deep: Exploration of the Seamounts of the Central Pacific Basin .... 78
Laulima O Ka Moana: Exploring Deep Monument Waters Around Johnston Atoll ....... 80
Deep-Sea Symphony: Exploration of the Musicians Seamounts ............................................. 82
CAPSTONE Sampling Overview: Providing Insights in the Remote Pacific ............................. 84
Exploring the Pacific Through International Partnerships ........................................................ 86