Come explore with us! Happening now through May 25, join us LIVE for an exciting underwater journey to the resting place of the USS Monitor: OceanandCoasts50 sanctuaries
. Over the course of about two weeks, researchers will visit several natural reefs and historical shipwrecks to survey and document these ocean treasures. Starting and ending with the legendary USS. Collaborating with museums, aquariums, ecologists, historians, and scientists across the nation, GFOE will broadcast the voyage live on its website and YouTube channel using its high-tech satellite streaming capabilities.
An expedition this big requires a lot of partners and team members each contributing a very special component to our voyage! The ROV equipment, satellite technology, IT network, and highly skilled engineers and filmmakers from the nonprofit, GFOE, support NOAA’s efforts to explore our planet’s ocean and share the discoveries with the world. NCCOS is lending their biological expertise, helping to characterize the area’s natural reefs and show how sunken vessels have taken on a new purpose as “.
In addition to these esteemed institutional partners, a number of experts from around the country will lend their voice to the live stream, delivering an unforgettable underwater experience! Representatives from The Mariners’ Museum and Park, Florida Public Archaeology Network, Kalmar Nyckel Foundation, Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, the North Carolina Aquarium system, and many more will be joining the fray! So join Monitor National Marine Sanctuary and our partners as we embark on this...
Mark Losavio is the media and outreach coordinator for NOAA’s Monitor and Mallows Bay-Potomac River national marine sanctuaries.