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2011

The Arctic Winter Cruise

November 7 to December 20, 2011
Carin Ashjian leads the first winter voyage to the Chukchi and Bering Seas to study life under the ice.

Dive and Discover Expedition 14

November 28, to December 9, 2011
Exploring life in Mediterranean deep brines.

Sensory Ecology

October 20 - November 16, 2011
Examing the bioacoustic behavior of Hawaii's false killer and melon headed whales.

Terre Adelie, Antarctica 2011

October 12 2011 - January 2012
Stephanie Jenouvier studies emperor penguins and continuies a long-term survey of other seabirds.

To the Denmark Strait

August 23 - September 24, 2011
Researchers hunt for the origins of a mysterious current in the North Atlantic

Dynamite: Dynamics of Abyssal Mixing and Interior Transports Experiment

May to June, 2011
Follow researchers as the study deep mixing and circulation in the North Atlantic ocean.

Fukushima Radiation in the Pacific

June 3 - 17, 2011
Follow scientists on board the R/V Ka`imikai-o-Kanaloa examine many of the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the ocean that either determine the fate of radioactivity in the water or that are potentially affected by radiation in the marine environment.

Studying the Ocean from the Bottom Up

Ongoing
Lloyd Keigwin describes the process of science—from initial question, to sample collection and data analysis, to published results—as he studies Earth's past climate.