NOAA Ocean Exploration
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On Thursday, August 20, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer left Rarotonga in the Cook Islands to begin a 29-day expedition to map and explore deep waters in and around American Samoa. During the expedition, the mission team will conduct remotely operated vehicle, or ROV, dives...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — NOAA Ocean Exploration and its partners will conduct two expeditions in waters around American Samoa this summer and fall to map and characterize the deep seafloor in the nation’s highest-priority region for offshore critical mineral exploration.
The expeditions will...