NGEN Submarine Expedition '21

NGEN Submarine Expedition '21 Our oceans provide food, oxygen, aboard carbon dioxide, and play a role in climate regulation. We must continue to study our oceans and the life in them.

GOALS: 1) Tag & track sixgill sharks (Hexanchus griseus) at depths of 2000ft. 2) Conduct deep-sea marine life and plastic debris survey. 3) Use underwater lasers, sediment grabs, and surface trawls to collect & analyze for microplastics and ocean toxins. By filling our gaps in knowledge, we grow better to understand our planet and our place on it. Each one of our three goals are important in their

own right. We know very little about the deep ocean and thus very little about six gill sharks that reside there. By tracking these sharks, we will be able to understand their migration patterns if they any. By understanding an organisms migration patterns, we can potentially locate their breeding grounds and support legislation to protect these areas. Deep sea marine surveys will add to our knowledge of life in the deep ocean which could lead to the discovery of new species, and further document the extent of plastic pollution. Microplastics are plaguing our planet. By studying deep sea sediments, we can uncover if and how these particles are impacting benthic environments. By scanning the water column with lasers, we can see what plastics are on our reef systems.

The first week of the expedition has come to an end! Over the next few days some members of the first group will be depa...
18/07/2021

The first week of the expedition has come to an end! Over the next few days some members of the first group will be departing for home, while the next batch flies in!
The Explorers Club

Continuing education and skillset is vital when it comes to conservation. Some of the team is getting their Roatan Marin...
16/07/2021

Continuing education and skillset is vital when it comes to conservation. Some of the team is getting their Roatan Marine Park Coral Restoration Adventurer certification with Sun Divers Roatan and going to assist in reef restoration projects during the expedition.

This morning, we were able to sit down with the students in the ROV class with the Advanced Studies and Leadership Progr...
16/07/2021

This morning, we were able to sit down with the students in the ROV class with the Advanced Studies and Leadership Program at Massachusetts Maritime Academy.
ASLP is a summer camp for usually 200 highly motivated, gifted kids from all 11 school districts on Cape Cod. It's administered by the . The ROV class usually has between 20 to 24 kids for 4 mornings in each session.
The Explorers Club

Continuing to dive into our research, last night we successfully deployed the laser scanner.The laser uses titanium dope...
16/07/2021

Continuing to dive into our research, last night we successfully deployed the laser scanner.
The laser uses titanium dope sapphire 800nm wave lengths to detect the reflection of the glossy polymer index of plastics, meaning a blue light is used to detect microplastics in the water column, in and around the reef.
The Explorers Club
Sun Divers Roatan

Only 5% of our oceans have been seen by the human eye, whether diving or through the lens, and the more we explore the u...
15/07/2021

Only 5% of our oceans have been seen by the human eye, whether diving or through the lens, and the more we explore the unknown, the more we discover our footprint has already made an impact. Our trash is preceeding us.
We know more about space than our oceans. This is mainly due to the difficulties of working under such extreme pressures and opacity of water. "We can only see, where we shine the light." As we develop the technologies capable of reaching the ocean depths, it is like we are exploring an alien world. So much life, right below the waves.
The Explorers Club

More than 80% of our ocean is unmapped, unobserved, and unexplored. Most the seafloor maps we have, are taken at a resol...
14/07/2021

More than 80% of our ocean is unmapped, unobserved, and unexplored. Most the seafloor maps we have, are taken at a resolution of one mile, that's the equivalent to 16 football fields, as a single data point, so think about how much information we miss.
Expedition team members Breezy Grenier and Stephen Daire before their dive to the ocean depths.
The Explorers Club

14/07/2021

Our first sub dive of the expedition was a success! We didn’t expect to see the star of the research, the six-gill shark (Hexanchus griseus) on the very first dive! One part of our mission is to tag 5 six-gill sharks. Much of the deep sea is still unknown, along with this majestic shark. The more we can learn about the organisms of the deep, the more we can learn about our planet, the more effectively we can protect it!
The Explorers Club Stanley Submarines - West End, Roatan, Honduras

Today we dove right in! A few members are getting their open water dive certifications and had their first dive today, w...
14/07/2021

Today we dove right in! A few members are getting their open water dive certifications and had their first dive today, while others on the team had their first dive to test out equipment and prepare for the arrival of the blue laser we will use for reflectromotry, which has been delayed yet another day being shipping from mainland, due to inclement weather.
We will update you on the exciting observations from the first submersible dive, (including a six gill shark sighting!!!!) soon!
The Explorers Club
Sun Divers Roatan

Today we begin our submersible dives!Our engineer, Elon Gordon and expedition film maker, Greg Taylor, are first to dive...
13/07/2021

Today we begin our submersible dives!
Our engineer, Elon Gordon and expedition film maker, Greg Taylor, are first to dive to the depths below.
Our sub mission is to collect water samples at depth and survey the extent of plastics and their impacts on the local reef systems. We will be testing for microplastic abundance and related toxins.
The Explorers Club - West End, Roatan, Honduras

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