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  2. Deep-sea exploration - Wikipedia

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    This is an eel trap that has been modified to better catch deep sea fauna. Life on the Edge 2005 Expedition. Deep-sea exploration is the investigation of physical, chemical, and biological conditions on the ocean waters and sea bed beyond the continental shelf, for scientific or commercial purposes.

  3. Ocean exploration - Wikipedia

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    Atlantic Ocean. Ocean exploration is a part of oceanography describing the exploration of ocean surfaces. Notable explorations were undertaken by the Greeks, the Phoenicians, the Romans, the Polynesians, Phytheas, the Vikings, Arabs and the Portuguese. Scientific investigations began with early scientists such as James Cook, Charles Darwin, and ...

  4. Kaikō ROV - Wikipedia

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    Kaikō (かいこう, "Ocean Trench") [4] was a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) built by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) for exploration of the deep sea. Kaikō was the second of only five vessels ever to reach the bottom of the Challenger Deep, as of 2019.

  5. Underwater exploration - Wikipedia

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    Deep-sea exploration is the investigation of physical, chemical, and biological conditions on the sea bed, and water column beyond the continental shelf for scientific, commercial or other purposes. Deep-sea exploration is considered a relatively recent human activity compared to the other areas of geophysical research, as the depths of the sea ...

  6. Deep Ocean mission - Wikipedia

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    India was the first country in the world, to have sponsored the exploration of deep sea mineral viz polymetallic nodules, in the central Indian Ocean basin in 1987. In 2002, India signed a contract with the ISA and after complete resource analysis of the seabed 50% was surrendered and the country retained an area of 75,000 km 2.

  7. DOER Marine - Wikipedia

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    While he was at DOE, Hawkes had built two prototype Deep Flight-1 submersibles, [6] although finding funding for these was challenging. [11]: 147 An earlier concept for an Ocean Everest submersible included a two-person crew and a carbon fiber hull; DOE stated they intended to have it certified by the American Bureau of Shipping with a pressure rating of 30,000 psi (210 MPa; 2,000 atm), giving ...

  8. Deep Sea Drilling Project - Wikipedia

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    The potential of oil beneath deep ocean salt domes remains an important avenue for commercial development today. [4] [1] As for the purpose of the scientific exploration, one of the most important discoveries was made when the crew drilled 17 holes at 10 different locations along an oceanic ridge between South America and Africa.

  9. Marine geology - Wikipedia

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    The two major resources mined at sea include oil and minerals. Over the last 30 years, deep-sea mining has generated between $9 -$11 billion USD in the United States of America. [43] [44] Although this sector seems profitable, it is a high risk, high reward industry with many harmful environmental impacts. [45]