Uncrewed Saildrone to Explore Remote Alaskan Waters
On August 11, 2022, the Saildrone Surveyor departed Dutch Harbor in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, embarking on a multipartner project to better understand the ocean and seafloor in one of the most remote and understudied parts of the United States. NOAA Ocean Exploration and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) are the primary sponsors of this work.The Aleutians Uncrewed Ocean Exploration expedition is a public-private partnership facilitated and led by the NOAA Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute. The goal of the expedition is to collect ocean mapping and environmental data in unexplored
3D Models of Newly Discovered US WWII Sub
Harbor she rescued 16 survivors from USAT Jack, which had been torpedoed by a U-boat. Her first war patrol was, unfortunately, also her last. Sent to the Aleutian Islands in June 1942, she operated off Kiska, Alaska, where she sank two Japanese patrol boats. Ordered back to the naval operating base in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, on July 30th, the submarine was never heard from again. She was declared overdue from patrol and assumed lost with all hands, on October 5th, 1942. Viewport3 have been working with Mr. Taylor to process and develop technical-grade 3D data-sets of the USS Grunion’s bow for
NOAA to Deploy Saildrones for Climate Study
, autonomously or under remote control. For NOAA, the vehicles will soon travel thousands of miles across the ocean, reaching some areas never before surveyed with such specialized technology. In mid-July, scientists will send off the first unmanned, wind and solar-powered vehicles from Dutch Harbor, Alaska, with two sailing north through the Bering Strait into the Arctic Ocean and another transiting the Bering Sea. Traversing Alaska’s inhospitable waters, the remote-controlled vehicles will track melting ice, measure carbon dioxide in the ocean and count fish, seals and whales.
Noble Pleads Guilty to Enviro Charges Surrounding Kulluk
several U.S. port calls in Washington and Alaska on their way to the Shell drilling site off the coast of Alaska. After leaving the drill site, the Kulluk ultimately ran aground off the coast of Unalaska when it broke free from its tow in bad weather, and the Noble Discoverer was dead-ship towed from Dutch Harbor to Seward due to failures with its main engine and other equipment. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Noble admits that it knowingly made false entries and failed to record its collection, transfer, storage, and disposal of oil in the Noble Discoverer’s and the Kulluk’s oil
WHOI: Fukushima Radioactivity Detected Off West Coast
Fukushima (all are less than their detection limit of 0.2 Becquerel per cubic meter). The offshore radioactivity reported this week came from water samples collected and sent to Buesseler’s lab for analysis in August by a group of volunteers on the research vessel Point Sur sailing between Dutch Harbor, Alaska, and Eureka, California. These results confirm prior data described at a scientific meeting in Honolulu in Feb. 2014 by John Smith, a scientist at Fisheries and Oceans Canada in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, who found similar levels on earlier research cruises off shore of Canada. Buesseler
Marine Salvage Saves Time, Money, Lives & the Environment
witnessed and participated in several places of refuge success stories, and I believe both the U.S. Coast Guard and the involved salvors deserve credit for facilitating refuge solutions with the many stakeholders. In 2005, the capsized car carrier Couger Ace was allowed to be towed into Dutch Harbor under difficult circumstances. Also in 2005, we worked with the USCG and local stakeholders to gain approval to tow the capsized and upside down 150,000 barrel fuel barge DBL 152 into Mobile, Alabama. In 2007, the severely flooded Tong Cheng was allowed refuge into Barber&rsquo
Justice Dept to Consider Shell Arctic Rig Shortcomings
owned and operated by Noble Corp. for Shell’s Arctic efforts. The 514-foot-long rig was built in 1966 and converted into a drilling ship 10 years later. It has been upgraded and refurbished to work in the Arctic at a cost of $193 million. The vessel dragged its anchor and nearly grounded in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, before the start of its drilling work. According to the newspaper, the Coast Guard found the Noble Discoverer could not go fast enough to safely maneuver on its own in all the expected conditions found in Alaska’s Arctic waters, also finding systematic failure and lack of main
February 2024
