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Exploring the Hidden World of the Maritime Maya 2011
(September) Join us as an interdisciplinary expedition explores the forgotten world of the Maya in the Yucatan along the tip of Quintana Roo. See how the Maya maritime trade network was able to thrive in a challenging coastal environment that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Caribbean.
- http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/11maya/welcome...

NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer "Galápagos Rift Expedition 2011"
(July) This unique expedition, to one of the most fascinating areas of the world's ocean, will explore diverse deep sea habitats on seamounts and hydrothermal vent systems in the Galápagos region.
- http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1103...

Bermuda Deep Water Caves 2011: Dives of Discovery
(June) The world's foremost technical and scientific divers explore Bermuda's deep water caves to learn more about climate and sea level fluctuations since the last Ice Age.
- http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/11bermuda/welc...

Deep-Water Mid-Atlantic Canyons Exploration 2011
(June) A major exploration of submarine canyons on the continental margin of the eastern United States to improve knowledge of the unique communities in the mid-Atlantic canyons.
- http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/11midatlantic/...

Exploring the Hidden World of the Maritime Maya 2011
(May) Join us as an interdisciplinary expedition explores the forgotten world of the Maya in the Yucatan along the tip of Quintana Roo. See how the Maya maritime trade network was able to thrive in a challenging coastal environment that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Caribbean.
- http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/11maya/welcome...

Pacific Deep Reefs 2011
(February -- March) Learn why scientists are using technical diving to access deep reef communities in Peleliu and Ulong, Palau.
- http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/11pacificreefs...

NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer "Always Exploring"
(October) Systematic exploration aboard the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer is an evolving operational model referred to as a "sticks and boxes" approach. The variety of data being collected onboard the Okeanos during this cruise from Hawaii to California represents a step forward in the exploration that can be conducted with the at-sea time allotted to the ship.
- http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1006...

Lophelia II 2010: Oil Seeps and Deep Reefs
(October) Scientists aboard the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown set off on their fourth expedition to investigate the deep-water coral communities of the Gulf of Mexico.
- http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10lophelia/wel...

Cradle of the Earthquake: Exploring the Underwater San Andreas Fault 2010
(September) Using a multidisciplinary approach including mapping, core sampling and "green" vessel technology, scientists explore this famous - if still relatively unknown - underwater fault off Northern California's coast.
- http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10sanandreas/w...

Thunder Bay 2010: Cutting Edge Technology and the Hunt for Lake Huron's Lost Ships
(August) Thunder Bay 2010 will bring cutting-edge shipwreck finding technology to Lake Huron's "shipwreck alley"- the stretch of Lake Huron just off the northeastern Michigan coast that has claimed hundreds of ships.
- http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10thunderbay/w...

INDEX 2010: "Indonesia-USA Deep-Sea Exploration of the Sangihe Talaud Region"
(June -- August) An international team led by scientists from the United States and Indonesia will participate in a collaborative effort to explore the depths of Indonesian waters. The expedition, Indonesia-U.S. Deep-Sea Exploration of the Sangihe Talaud Region.
- http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/10inde...
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INSPIRE: Chile Margin 2010
(February) A diverse team of scientists will be tackling questions about strange new biological life forms, communities, and ecosystems far from the sunlit surface at the Chilean Triple Junction.
- http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10chile/welcom...

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