Follow Greenpeace's Expedition to the Bering Sea, Alaska 2007. The largest ship in the Greenpeace fleet, the M/V Esperanza, will carry two submersibles and a research team to the Bering sea to study deepwater corals at depths of up to 2,000 feet. http://www.1planet1ocean.org/html/expedition_bering_sea.html © 2007 1planet1ocean. All rights reserved. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:35:51 -0400 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:53:49 -0400 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.7) http://www.feedforall.com http://www.1planet1ocean.org/assets/alaska-map-radar.gif http://www.1planet1ocean.org/html/where-are-we.html Track M/V Esperanza's Current Location 100 98 With a Terabyte (1,000 Gigabytes) of high-definition video, photographs and other data, along with numerous biological samples, now making their way around the world to scientists, policymakers and public forums, new insights and perspectives are emerging as the hard work of reviewing this vast volume of new data moves forward. http://www.1planet1ocean.org/html/expedition_bering_sea.html#ExpeditionConcludes 2798254F-EEA4-48FD-AB7D-331767ED3FC1 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:53:40 -0400 The Esperanza began its 2-day steam south and endured gale-force winds and 15-foot seas along the way, but all are well and grateful for the successes along the way. The team achieved a total of 25 sub dives during the expedition, well-exceeding expectations for this part of the world where weather is typically unforgiving. http://www.1planet1ocean.org/html/expedition_bering_sea.html#EsperanzaHeadsSouth C5727CF9-5775-442C-AEA4-51F624FF4F1D Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:53:22 -0400 Before rough seas rolled in on Tuesday, the team aboard Esperanza was able to complete six manned submersible dives and three ROV dives at Zhemchug Canyon, considered the largest canyon in the ocean. The subs worked close to their maximum depth of 2,000 feet while the ROV worked at its deepest depth ever, around 3,000 feet. A variety of corals has been observed, documented and collected at Zhemchug Canyon. http://www.1planet1ocean.org/html/expedition_bering_sea.html#DeepDivesZhemchug 399F6F90-F409-4B45-A71B-1DDF1ADC8644 Tue, 7 Aug 2007 16:54:32 -0800 Continued favorable weather and few mechanical problems means that the team aboard Esperanza has been able to complete 14 manned submersible dives at Pribilof Canyon. On Saturday (August 4), Esperanza arrived at Zhemchug Canyon to explore this, the largest undersea canyon in the world, much larger than the Grand Canyon. http://www.1planet1ocean.org/html/expedition_bering_sea.html#NowAtZhemchug 58B9AFC3-DC6F-4743-BF8E-2EBAAECA587D Sun, 5 Aug 2007 16:48:40 -0800 An international team of researchers and conservation specialists recently completed a week of intensive training and preparations for a Greenpeace-led expedition to Alaska's Bering sea, scheduled to begin in late July 2007, departing from Dutch Harbor in Alaska's Aleutian Island chain. See story for full details... http://www.1planet1ocean.org/html/expedition_bering_sea.html A066603D-01EC-4952-97F9-F69316951E2C Tue, 3 Jul 2007 13:26:36 -0400 Track the progress of this summer's Greenpeace's Expedition to the Bering Sea, Alaska aboard the largest ship in the Greenpeace fleet, the M/V Esperanza. This information will be updated via satellite directly from the ship, providing the expedition's progress on an interactive Google Map, along with regional weather conditions and a view from the Esperanza's live webcam. http://www.1planet1ocean.org/html/where-are-we.html 17B821B9-857A-4089-815A-DD21F3B85B55 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:59:39 -0400 Thanks to great weather, state-of-the-art equipment and a top-notch crew, it has been a productive weekend for the team aboard Esperanza which arrived on site at Pribilof Canyon Saturday morning (July 28) when David Guggenheim and Michelle Ridgway made the first tandem dive in two DeepWorker submarines into Pribilof canyon to a depth of just over 1,000 feet and began to document a fascinating diversity of life, including a variety of corals, anemones, sponges and fish. http://www.1planet1ocean.org/html/expedition_bering_sea.html#ExplorePribilof E95B2DF7-A6C5-42F9-B4E4-4D72929DB6BD Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:49:25 -0400