Video:
News Update - August 21, 2012
Stay up-to-date on the latest developments onboard E/V Nautilus. The team mapped an area with scours they believe are formed by beaked whales; and they also map a late-Ottoman empire shipwreck and some slickensides. Also, the Nautilus International Athletic Competition officially started yesterday.
Expedition
Eratosthenes Seamount
Nautilus was diving at the Eratosthenes Seamount in search of signs indicating active hydrothermal vents, where warm chemical-rich water is seeping out of the seafloor, and the exotic animals that live on them. While searching for evidence of geological and biological activity, we came across both modern and ancient garbage.