Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
2016 Expedition Overview Map ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................4
Ocean Exploration Trust – E/V Nautilus
Technology ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................6
Nautilus as a Testbed for Experimental Technologies ...................................................................................................................................................................12
Upgrades to the Nautilus/Hercules Software Systems...................................................................................................................................................................14
Nautilus Samples 2016: New Techniques and Partnerships .......................................................................................................................................................15
Nautilus Education & Outreach Programs ..........................................................................................................................................................................................18
Nautilus Field Season Overview .................................................................................................................................................................................................................24
Wiring the Abyss 2016: Ocean Networks Canada’s Most Challenging Expedition .................................................................................................26
Water Column and Cold Seep Exploration of the Cascadia Margin ..............................................................................................................................28
Exploration of S/S Coast Trader ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................31
Mapping and Exploration of Deep-Sea Corals and Shipwrecks in the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary ....................32
Exploration and Mapping of USS Independence ........................................................................................................................................................................34
Exploration of Central California Basins, Cold Seeps, and San Juan Seamount .......................................................................................................36
Mapping and Exploration Within and Surrounding the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary ......................................................38
Exploration of the Southern California Borderland .................................................................................................................................................................40
NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
Exploration and Information to Meet National Needs with NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer ..............................................................................42
New Technologies for Ocean Mapping .................................................................................................................................................................................................43
Telepresence: Sending Imagery from the Seafloor to Your Screen ........................................................................................................................................46
Exploring the Ocean Through Data.........................................................................................................................................................................................................48
Value to the Nation: Surveying and Data Management for the US Extended Continental Shelf Project ........................................................50
Combined Bathymetry Coverage in the Mariana Region ...........................................................................................................................................................52
CAPSTONE: Exploring the US Marine Protected Areas in the Central and Western Pacific ..................................................................................53
2016 Hohonu Moana: Exploring the Deep Waters off Hawai‘i ..........................................................................................................................................56
Combined Bathymetry Coverage of the Hawaiian Archipelago and Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument ...........58
Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas ........................................................................................................................................................................................60
The 2016 Midwater Exploration of the Mariana Region .......................................................................................................................................................66
First Deep Exploration in the Wake Unit of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument ......................................................68
Exploring the Underwater Archaeology of World War II .....................................................................................................................................................72
Hidden Ocean: Exploring the Dynamic Chukchi Borderlands .................................................................................................................................................74
Engagement 2016: A Commitment Reaching Far and Wide .....................................................................................................................................................76
Schmidt Ocean Institute – R/V Falkor
A Glance at Schmidt Ocean Institute .....................................................................................................................................................................................................78
An Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................78
R/V Falkor 2016 Field Season ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................79
Global Networks – Sharing Science and Partnership Projects ..........................................................................................................................................82
Epilogue ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................84
Authors ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................86
Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................88
References ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................92
Acronyms ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................94
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