National Geographic Pristine Seas
Apia, SAMOA — National Geographic Pristine Seas begins an expedition this week in the South Pacific nation of Samoa to support the country’s pioneering legal protection of 30% of its ocean, home to nearly 1,000 recorded marine species...

![A drone shot of National Geographic Pristine Seas’ research vessel, the Argo, while conducting an ocean conservation expedition in Tuvalu. [Photo: Jon Betz/National Geographic Pristine Seas] National Geographic Pristine Seas’ research vessel](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/natl_geographic_research_vessel.jpeg?itok=5aDJ5FUC)