In 2007, the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research's (NIWA) deepwater 70m research vessel Tangaroa returned from a voyage to Antarctic waters. It had here continued hydrographic survey work...

First-timers teams were the ones to beat at this summer's sixth annual international student ROV competition. In an event that highlighted the International Polar Year, the winners were participants Jesuit...

Canada, bordering three oceans and with many lakes and rivers, offers the Canadian Hydrographic Service many challenges and exciting opportunities. Recognised as the official provider of national hydrographic information, the...

Traditionally the hydrographer, interested primarily in measuring the precise depth for charting purposes, suppressed acoustic ‘noise’ in the water column; now we realise what the ‘noise’ can tell us. Technology...

Hydrothermal Exploration with the Autonomous Benthic Explorer German, C.R., Yoerger, D.R., Jakuba, M., Shank, T.M., Langmuir, C.H. and Nakamura, K.-i. 2008.? Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers ,...

The Mobile & Marine Robotics Research Centre describe their motivation for building their own Smart ROV based on previous survey experience and the preparations they are now undertaking to integrate...

Habitat Suitability for Juvenile Common Sole (Solea solea, L.) in the Vilaine Estuary (Bay of Biscay, France) Nursery Ground Nicolas, D., Le Loc’h, F., Desaunay, Y., Hamon, D., Blanchet, A....

The health and safety of Spain's oceans will improve with the addition of several new ocean monitoring solutions provided by Canada's AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) and its Spanish partner, SIDMAR....

In recent years an expansion in the telecommunications cable industry led to an increase in the market for cable route landfall surveys incorporating geophysical surveys at sea and topographic surveys...

One of the chief risks for offshore wind farm developments is that associated withscouraround the pile bases and along the length of the cable which carries power between monopiles and...