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Upcoming Events
Cruise Plans for 2009
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Cruise One: R/V Seward Johnson, 6-17 Aug, using the 4 person submersible Johnson-Sea-Link (JSL) (plus many other methods) in deep water off Cape Canaveral
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Lophelia II Cruise: NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown, 19 Aug - 12 Sep, using the ROV Jason to explore new areas of the Gulf of Mexico. Two USGS scientists, Cheryl Morrison (USGS-LSC) and Amanda Demopoulos (USGS-FISC) are participating on this interdisciplinary cruise (See NOAA site for details)
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Cruise Two: NOAA vessel Nancy Foster, 2-8 Sep, using the Global Explorer ROV and multibeam sonar in deep water off Cape Canaveral
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Cruise Three: R/V Seward Johnson, 14-25 Sep, using the JSL submersible through a large part of the eastern and north-central Gulf of Mexico
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Cruise Four: R/V Cape Hatteras, 1-10 Dec, to deploy three benthic landers for long-term observations on deep coral banks off North Carolina and conduct a variety of other sampling
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