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Aug 31, 2021

SHIP UPDATE #ONCabyss Expedition 2021

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On Thursday, August 26, 2021 around 2pm PDT, remotely-operated vehicles (ROVs) Hercules and Argus became detached from the cable connecting them to E/V Nautilus at a depth of 2220m off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The Ocean Exploration Trust team is now investigating the cause of the detachment and transitioning to a plan to recover the vehicles, which we believe are still tethered together and residing on the seafloor at a known depth and location. This incident occurred entirely...

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Gearing up for #ONCabyss Expedition 2021 6 August – 2 September

Every year we undertake three or four expeditions to maintain and upgrade the deep sea ocean observing infrastructure that Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) manages on behalf of all Canadians. From 6 August – 2 September, a nine-person ONC team will spend almost four weeks onboard state-of-the-art exploration vessel EV Nautilus (Figure 1), owned and operated by Ocean Exploration Trust. This will be our sixth major expedition in collaboration with this exceptional team.

Figure 1. EV Nautilus was recently upgraded to increase the number of cabins and ship-to-shore studio space.

For several days during the expedition, the EV ...

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Pacific Seamounts Expedition 2021

On 15 June 2021, a science team will embark on a two-week expedition to uncover the mysteries of Canada’s deepest seamounts in the Offshore Pacific Marine Protected Area of Interest. This expedition is a partnership among Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ocean Networks Canada, the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, and the Council of the Haida Nation, working together to explore and share discoveries from this adventure.

This survey will expand the knowledge from our previous Pacific Seamounts partner expeditions in 2017, 2018, and 2019 where many discoveries were made—including discoveries of new seamounts, new animal distributions and behaviours, and even new species to science! The discoveries from these expeditions will provide information to those involved in the conservation and...

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Pacific seamounts | seamounts | #PacificSeamounts2021 | live dive | expedition | Fisheries and Oceans Canada | Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council | Council of the Haida Nation

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Sensors, science and sampling: March 2020 expedition highlights

From 1-13 March, Natural Resources Canada and Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) embarked on the annual spring expedition aboard CCGS John P. Tully to maintain infrastructure at observatory sites in the southern Salish Sea and offshore locations at Folger Deep and Barkley Canyon.

These maintenance expeditions allow for a hands-on approach—remotely operated vehicle (ROVs) hands, that is—to ensure things are running smoothly on the underwater networks, to deploy new instruments, and to enable sampling for calibrations, ongoing studies, and experiments.

Led by ONC’s marine operations experts, the 18-member team of scientists, engineers, technicians, data specialists and Canadian Coast Guard crew were able to complete 52 out of 56 planned operations, resulting in a...

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expedition | Expedition 2020 | Spring Maintenance | CCGS John P. Tully | Marine Operations | Joe Needoba

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Watch Live: Wiring the Abyss Expedition 10 – 24 September

During this 2-week expedition aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Vessel John P. Tully, a team of 17 scientists, engineers, technicians and data specialists will conduct operations to maintain, install and improve infrastructure and instrumentation on Ocean Networks Canada’s cabled observing networks, with the support of Pelagic Research Services ROV Odysseus.

The Canadian Coast Guard Ship John P. Tully team positions ROV Odysseus before a dive in the Strait of Georgia.

Highlights include:

  • Deploying a new Delta Dynamics Platform in the Strait of...
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WTA19 | Wiring the Abyss | expedition | CCGS Tully | ROV Odysseus

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Watch Live: Wiring the Abyss Leg 1, 7 – 21 May 2019

During this 2-week expedition aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Vessel John P. Tully using Pelagic Research Services ROV Odysseus, a team of 17 scientists, engineers, technicians and data specialists will conduct operations to maintain, install and improve infrastructure and instrumentation on Ocean Networks Canada’s cabled observing networks in the Salish Sea, and deep sea offshore sites at Barkley Canyon, Endeavour, Cascadia Basin, and Clayoquot Slope.

The Canadian Coast Guard Ship John P. Tully team positions ROV Odysseus before a dive in the Strait of Georgia.

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Collaborating to understand the central coast of British Columbia

Marine life flourishes in the deep fjords and narrow inlets off the central coast of British Columbia. However, underwater research in this area has been extremely limited, until now. In March 2018, an exciting collaboration brought together a variety of perspectives to expand our understanding of the unique coastal ecosystem within the area known as the Great Bear Rainforest (Figure 1).

Figure 1. This interactive map on the expedition’s dedicated website tracked the progress of the CCGS Vector through Heiltsuk and Kitasoo/Xai’Xais Territory along the central coast of British Columbia.

Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) joined Oceana...

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Oceana Canada | expedition | DFO | CCGS Vector

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Central Coast of British Columbia Expedition

Join us aboard the CCGS Vector from 7-14 March 2018 to explore the fjords of the Central Coast of British Columbia!

This is an exciting opportunity to experience an area of high significance for the Heiltsuk and Kitasoo/Xai’Xais Nations. A partnership between Oceana Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), the Heiltsuk and Kitasoo/Xai’Xais First Nations, Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance (CCIRA) and Ocean Networks Canada, the expedition's goal is to gather data in areas important for rockfish, corals and sponges, which will help inform marine planning efforts.

 

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expedition | Oceana Canada | DFO | CCGS Vector | community engagement

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Earthquakes, pyrosomes, robots, and big seas

A summary of Ocean Networks Canada’s maintenance expedition in the northeast Pacific: Wiring the Abyss, Leg 2, 6-26 June 2017.

Big swells rock exploration vessel (E/V) Nautilus and cable ship (C/S) Cable Innovator during a tricky seafloor operation to lay three kilometres of cable at the Cascadia subduction zone (Figure 1). Over a kilometer below the choppy ocean surface, this fibre-optic cable connects a variety of deep sea sensors, including several accelerometers that will contribute to British Columbia’s earthquake early warning system.

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wally | expedition | Wiring the Abyss | E/V Nautilus | C/S Cable Innovator | clayoquot slope | Canada 150 | expedition 2017 | maintenance expedition | Ocean Exploration Trust

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The Deepest Way to Celebrate #Canada150

As we celebrate Canada’s 150 years of confederation, we must do so with full knowledge and pride that our country has been home to Indigenous peoples with advanced governing structures for tens of thousands of years.

Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) celebrates the country’s founding peoples year-round by supporting communities as they continue to inform themselves about their coasts and ocean waters. We do this through ONC’s community observatories along British Columbia’s coast and by ensuring that science is conducted with traditional knowledge (Figure 1...

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