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400 to 1,000 year old bones from an endangered seabird, the Hawaiian petrel. Bones such as these provide a window into the lives of seabirds before and after human arrival in the open ocean environments of the North Pacific.
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Petrel Bones Help Us Understand History

400 to 1,000 year old bones from an endangered seabird, the Hawaiian petrel. Bones...
Submarine pilot Bruce Brandt secures ARMS to the outside of the submersible Curasub so it can deploy ARMS on the seafloor.
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ARMS Deployment from a Submarine

Submarine pilot Bruce Brandt secures ARMS (Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures)...
DROP researchers successfully deploy a deep-sea ARMS at 396 feet using their submersible.
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Deploying ARMS in the Deep Reef

Deploying ARMS (Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures) is tricky in the deep sea,...
A yellow remotely operated underwater vehicle, or ROV, at the surface of the water.
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An ROV Explores the Baltic Sea

The Hanse Explorer crew used a remotely operated underwater vehicle, or ROV,...
a seven inch fragment of an Inuit soapstone pot recovered at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada
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Inuit Soapstone Pot

For over a decade, Smithsonian Arctic Archaeologists have been investigating an...
A researcher holds a maritime archaic point made of ramah chert that was found at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada in 2011
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Ancient Maritime Archaic Indian Point

Smithsonian surveys along the lower north shore of Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada...
Auster and colleagues direct a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dive on the New England Seamounts.
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Scientists Conduct an ROV Dive

Peter Auster and colleagues direct a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) dive on the...
Inside the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason.
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Views from the ROV Jason

Inside the control van for the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason, Dr....
The robotic arm of the Jason, a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), collects several stalks of black coral from the seafloor.
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ROV Collects Black Corals

The robotic arm of the Jason, a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), collects several...
The Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) SeaBed is about to be deployed.
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Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

The Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) SeaBed, shown here as it is about to be...
The Arctic is one of the most undiscovered areas of the world.
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Launching an ROV

The Arctic is one of the most remote and uncharted areas of the world. With all the...
A "dumbo" octopus is captured by an ROV.
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Capturing a Deep-Sea Octopod

Success! A so-called "dumbo" octopod is chased and finally captured by a suction...

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