Fig 1.8. OLP 7. The ROV (Remotely Operated underwater Vehicle) Hercules recovers an experiment in 2004 that was deployed a year earlier by the DSV (Deep Submergence Vehicle) Alvin submersible on the New England Seamount Chain.
Image courtesy of NOAA Mountains in the Sea Research Team; the IFE Crew; and NOAA/OAR/OER
The ocean is the largest unexplored place on Earth—less than 5 percent of it has been explored. Remotely operated vehicles allow scientists to explore ocean depths that are inaccessible to SCUBA divers (Fig. 1.8). Ocean exploration relies on teams of science researchers across the globe.
<p>The ocean is the largest unexplored place on Earth—less than 5 percent of it has been explored. The next generation of explorers and researchers will find great opportunities for discovery, innovation, and investigation.</p>
<p>The ocean is the largest unexplored place on Earth—less than 5 percent of it has been explored. The next generation of explorers and researchers will find great opportunities for discovery, innovation, and investigation.</p>
<p>New technologies, sensors, and tools are expanding our ability to explore the ocean. Scientists are relying more and more on satellites, drifters, buoys, subsea observatories, and unmanned submersibles.</p>
<p>New technologies, sensors, and tools are expanding our ability to explore the ocean. Scientists are relying more and more on satellites, drifters, buoys, subsea observatories, and unmanned submersibles.</p>
<p>New technologies, sensors, and tools are expanding our ability to explore the ocean. Scientists are relying more and more on satellites, drifters, buoys, subsea observatories, and unmanned submersibles.</p>
<p>New technologies, sensors, and tools are expanding our ability to explore the ocean. Scientists are relying more and more on satellites, drifters, buoys, subsea observatories, and unmanned submersibles.</p>
