Ocean Exploration Trust Inc

ADVANCE THE EMERGING FIELDS OF OCEAN EXPLORATION AND ARCHAELOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY THROUGH CO-SPONSORING AND SUPPORTING DEEP SEA EXPEDITIONS AND SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY REQUIRED BY DEEP SEA EXPEDITIONS. FURTHERING PUBLIC INTEREST AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE FIELDS OF OCEAN EXPLORATION AND ARCHAELOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF REAL-TIME EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND DISSEMINATION OF DEEP SEA EXPEDITION RESEARCH THROUGH A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH EFFORTS.

IN 2021, OET COMPLETED A 5-MONTH FIELD SEASONCONSISTING OF 11 EXPEDITIONS IN THE PACIFIC ABOARD E/V NAUTILUS FOR A TOTAL OF 133 OPERATIONAL DAYS AT SEA. THE E/VNAUTILUSBEGAN ITS 2021 FIELD SEASON WITHA SHAKEDOWNEXPEDITION OFF THE COAST OF SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA, AND THENEXPLORED THE WATERS ALONG THE NORTH AMERICAN WEST COAST FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WEST TO THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT.EXPEDITIONS FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON SEAFLOOR MAPPING AND EXPLORATION OFF THE US WEST COAST AND HAWAII, TESTING EMERGING OCEAN EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES OFF CALIFORNIA, AND WORK IN SUPPORT OF OCEAN NETWORKS CANADA'S CABLED OCEAN OBSERVATORY OFF THE CANADIAN WEST COAST.EXPEDITION SPONSORS INCLUDED NOAA OCEAN EXPLORATION VIA THE OCEAN EXPLORATION COOPERATIVE INSTITUTE, WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM NOAA OFFICE OF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES,NASA, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, AND OCEAN NETWORKS CANADA.THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF EXPEDITIONS, OET WORKED CLOSELY WITH FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT EXPEDITION ACTIVITIES ADDRESS SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES. EXPEDITIONSTOOK ADVANTAGE OF E/V NAUTILUS' TELEPRESENCE CAPABILITIES AND INCLUDED EXTENSIVE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES TO REACH BROAD AUDIENCES.