Finish Line
The expedition ended with a marathon dive through a portion of the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary and the successful completion of a long day’s...
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Mark Schrope
Early Departure
The most notable event today wasn’t a dive, but rather a hastily arranged rendezvous with the Coast Guard. Last Monday there was a terrible helicopter...
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CSSF/ONC/SOI
Glimpse of the Future?
It was strange. All of a sudden, working across the canyon at 800 meters, a cloud of sediment had engulfed the ROPOS ROV. You couldn’t...
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CSSF/ONC/SOI
Deep-sea Dining
It’s not fish we’re looking for, but tonight we found them anyway. As soon as we saw the bottom at about 300 meters, there were...
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CSSF/ONC/SOI
Being There
Today, on the expedition's deepest dive at 2,000 meters, ROPOS ventured through an area quite different from others we’ve explored. Toward the end, the team...
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CSSF/ONC/SOI
Worms on Ice and Feeding Booths
Kim Juniper spotted something strange out of the corner of his eye on the ROV monitor yesterday—even though he was distracted at the time by...
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CSSF/ONC/SOI
Wallyland and the Coral Gardens
Today was a mix of mechanical achievements and pure exploration—in one case unplanned—that led to the discovery of two surprisingly large deep coral habitats. After...
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CSSF/ONC/SOI
Visiting NEPTUNE
“OK, let’s fly.” That was Keith Shepherd, general manager for the ROPOS ROV. It was time to quickly back the vehicle away from the large...
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Francoise Gervaise
Inner Sea to Open Ocean
It was hard to tell with all the fog, but as we made our way out of Saanich Inlet through Active Pass, we were threading...
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Mark Schrope
Cliff Diving
Before the sun rose this morning, the ROPOS team was prepping the remotely operated vehicle for our first research dive. The main target was a...
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Mark Schrope
Foggy Beginning
We left the dock at beautiful Victoria this morning to cut our way through very thick fog to another scenic spot, Saanich Inlet, about 4...
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