Join the expedition of the E/V Nautilus at the sanctuary on Wednesday
Andrew Augustyn describes the E/V Nautilus and it's exploration of the waters of Western Canada.
Alpena — The E/V Nautilus will be exploring the waters off of Western Canada on Wednesday afternoon.
The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary will offer a live stream to interact with the crew of the Nautilus and observe the work of two underwater remotely operated vehicles, the Argus and Hercules.
The main goal of the Nautilus’s expedition is to perform maintenance on Ocean Network Canada’s Neptune observatory. That won’t be the only task on the agenda.
“They’re out there doing some seafloor mapping, checking out things such as CTD’s which stands for conductivity, temperature, and depth,” said Sanctuary Representative Andrew Augustyn. “Just a whole wide array of systems from anything from detecting tsunamis to just exploring what’s out there in the unknown.”
The livestream kicks off at 1:00pm and runs until 2:00pm in the Sanctuary theater. Popcorn will be provided.
