First AUV Expedition to Explore Deep-Sea Atlantic Canyons Starts

摘要

The first scientific expedition to explore the ecology of two Atlantic seamounts located approximately 200 miles southeast of Cape Cod, as well as investigate several nearby Georges Bank undersea canyons, launched in October from Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Using the Waitt Institute's two Catalyst AUVs, which are REMUS 6000 AUVs manufactured by Hydroid Inc. (Pocasset, Massachusetts), the two-week expedition will explore and catalog marine life.