 Oases for Life on the Mid-Cayman RiseJoin a renowned team of oceanographers and astrobiologists as they explore one of the deepest points in the Caribbean Sea, searching for life in extreme seafloor environments. » Visit Web site  Expedition to the Phoenix Islands Protected AreaSeptember 2009 Follow an international team of scientists, divers, photographers and officials working in the Phoenix Islands, a remote archipelago of coral islands in the equatorial Pacific, on a 3-week research mission to survey what may be the most pristine, intact coral reef ecosystems on Earth, in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA). » Visit Web site  MED 09: Tracking Noise, and Whales, in the Western MediterraneanJuly 27 to September 9, 2009 MED 09 is part of a continuing international interdisciplinary effort to better understand behavior and the effects of sound on beaked whales and other cetaceans. » Visit Web site  Irminger Seainformation about the water and atmosphere to learn how storms influence the sea. » Visit Web site  Polar DiscoveryPolar Discovery brings you the stories of science on ice. The polar regions are experiencing unprecedented environmental changes that are having significant impacts on global climate, ecosystems, and society. Using the latest engineering advancements, scientists are studying the changing climate at the heart of the icy Arctic Ocean, the melting glaciers of Greenland, and the creatures of Antarctica’s Southern Ocean. » Visit Web site  Dive and DiscoverDive and Discover immerses you in the excitement of ocean exploration. Through daily stories, photos, and videos, our Web site brings you on board research expeditions that use deep-sea tools and vehicles, allowing you to become part of teams of researchers making new discoveries. » Visit Web site  Beaufort Gyre Exploration ProjectA series of four expeditions from 2003 to 2006. The purpose is to study fresh water accumulation and release mechanism and the role of fresh water in Arctic climate variability. » Visit Web site  Ocean InSight: Irminger Rings in the Labrador SeaSeptember 19 to 28, 2007 Join oceanographer Amy Bower as she travels on the R/V Knorr to the Labrador Sea to install a deep water mooring and technology to observe currents. She will be posting interactive updates on the OceanInsight website, which has special enhancements for the visually impaired. » Visit Web site  CORSACS: Controls on Ross Sea Algal Community StructureNovember 1 to December 16, 2006 A Research Cruise to the Ross Sea to Study What Controls the Phytoplankton Dynamics A team of scientists from universities and research institutions from around the world explored the ecosystem of the Ross Sea near the continent of Antarctica. » Visit Web site  Antarctica InvertebratesDispatches from the May-June, 2006, expedition to Antarctica » Visit Web site  Cruising Where Currents CollideAugust 2004 and February 2005 At Cape Hatteras offshore North Carolina, scientists are learning about the turbulent meeting of two powerful Atlantic currents. See photos and read about their research. » Visit Web site  Chasing Down Ocean ParticlesJune 21 to July 10, 2004 Join WHOI scientists off the coast of Hawaii as they explore where marine particles come from and much more. » Visit Web site  Plankton, Worms and JelliesNovember to December 2004 Two teams of scientists share the R/V Laurence M. Gould in the Antarctic "springtime", Thanksgiving to Christmas. Ocean sampling will look at bottom-dwelling worms, free-floating plankton, and their companion salps (a type of jellyfish). Read the daily journals and questions from curious students following the cruise. » Visit Web site  Edge of the Arctic ShelfA series of three expeditions from 2002 to 2004, the Edge of the Arctic shelf covers cruises that represent the physical oceanographic component of the Western Arctic Shelf Basin Interactions (SBI) Experiment. The overall goal is to understand how the Arctic shelves communicate with the interior basin from a coupled physical--biogeochemical standpoint. » Visit Web site  Postcards from the Bottom of the EarthNovember to December, 2001 Read WHOI Senior Scientist and geochemist Ken Buesseler's letters to family as he took part in a research cruise on the RSV Aurora Australis in and out of Hobart Australia heading due south to the Southern Ocean and Antarctica. » Visit Web site  Virtual Stowaway on an Oceanographic Research CruiseImmerse yourself in QuickTime panoramas of shipboard activities on a 'jelly animal cruise' in the North Atlantic. We invite you to explore this site and offer ideas for future enhancements » Visit Web site Last updated: November 18, 2009 | |||||||||||||
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