| 2009 Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Maritime Heritage Characterization and Monitoring Cruise |
In September 2009, NURC partnered with the Stellwagen
Bank National Marine Sanctuary (SBNMS) to further characterize
and monitor the sanctuary's maritime heritage resources.
Researchers utilized the center's newly developed ROV
Kraken 2 (K2) to survey the steamship Portland and four
other historic shipwrecks in the sanctuary.
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 Other
Stories: UConn's National Undersea Research Center, Marine
Science Technology Center, CT Sea Grant and the Connecticut
DEP Long Island Sound Resource Center collaborated on a cruise
to explore eastern Long Island Sound. See
the full story... |
Despite
frigid winds over 30 miles per hour, the National Undersea Research
Center at the University of Connecticut successfully conducted
sea trials of the Kraken2 (or K2) its new “science class” ROV
in Long Island Sound. See
the full story... |
 In
June, the NURC-NA&GL and the Connecticut Department of Environmental
Protection worked with the U.S. EPA that provided its Ocean
Survey Vessel to support a benthic habitat characterization
of the Stratford Shoals area. See
the full story... |
 In
August, 2007 school teachers worked with NURC, NMFS, UConn and
USGS scientists aboard the Loosanoff deploying the USGS's "Sea
Boss" to collect video and still images of the ocean floor and
collect sediments for grain size analysis. See
the full story... |
