#ONCabyss Summer: Endeavour 🌋 The Endeavour observatory sits between 2,200 to 2,400 metres below sea level and is part of Canada’s first marine protected area. This site hosts diverse research topics, from plate tectonics and seismicity to volcanism and hydrothermal vent systems! During our dives we: 🌋 deployed various instruments, including sediment traps, Deep Acoustic Lander (DAL), benthic and resistivity sensors (BARS) 🌋 collected gas samples, water samples, and sediment samples 🌋 conducted photogrammetry survey of hydrothermal vents named after the hit tv sitcom, “Fawlty Towers” 🌋 went on a hunt for palm worms All of our work contributes to ONC’s goal of providing high-resolution, long-term ocean observations that accelerate scientific discovery and make possible services and solutions that support ocean and planet sustainability. Watch our live dives with @nautiluslive 👉 bit.ly/ONCAbyssJuly2023 #KnowTheOcean #ONCabyss #NautilusLive #CFIFunded

ROV Hercules dropped off the chicken bucket in a short yo-yo dive this morning at Barkley Canyon! This chicken bucket is a sonar that helps us map gas #hydrates bubbling out of the seafloor. Watch live w/ ONC and @nautiluslive 👉 bit.ly/ONCAbyssJuly2023 #KnowTheOcean #ONCabyss #NautilusLive #CFIFunded

Over 7 million Canadians live in coastal communities. 🍁🧡 Today, explore a symphony #UnderTheSea along Canada's coastline: orcas off the #WestCoast, footsteps across the ice in the #Arctic, humpback song & more 🔊 link in bio You can also join us #UnderTheSea as we explore the abyss aboard the E/V Nautilus ⛴️ bit.ly/ONCAbyssJuly2023 @nautiluslive #CanadaDay #KnowTheOcean #ONCabyss #NautilusLive

How do we know #Hydrothermal Vents are hot? We send down a ROV with a temperature probe! The probe has a ceramic tip to withstand the extreme heat coming out of the vents. This vent measured 270 degrees Celsius! Watch as we dive at the Main Endeavour Vent Field 👉 bit.ly/ONCAbyssJuly2023 @NautilusLive #KnowTheOcean #ONCabyss #NautilusLive

🎉Huge congratulations to our President and CEO Kate Moran on her appointment today as an Officer of the #OrderOfCanada! In a career that spans the United States White House through to her current role leading Ocean Networks Canada, Kate Moran’s extraordinary contribution has today been recognized with her appointment as Officer of the Order of Canada by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada (@governorgeneralcanada). “I am honoured to be appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada,” says Moran, “as this is a wonderful recognition of the work I have been privileged to do and hope to continue. Being responsible for public dollars means you should maximize that investment to the benefit of as many people as possible, and that is where my motivation lies.” Under Moran's leadership since 2012, ONC has expanded its observatories to all three coasts of Canada and delivered accessible data that advance scientific discovery, climate solutions and coastal community resiliency. Dr. Moran first realized the value of support systems for resiliency at age 17 when Hurricane Agnes flooded her family home and destroyed all their possessions. ONC has developed tsunami, storm surge and earthquake early warning systems for the Pacific coast and is now pioneering a geodesy project to measure tectonic plate movement in the ocean. Resilience at the community level is also a priority for Moran’s ONC, which now supports Indigenous Peoples’ ocean science leadership and partnerships on all three coasts of Canada. Learn more about her story and how ONC, led by Kate Moran, is transforming ocean science and pioneering solutions to address the climate crisis. Read more 👉 link in bio! 📷 1: Kate Moran and her dog, Desi. 📷 2: Dive logging from ONC’s Queenswood HQ during the current #ONCAbyss summer expedition. (L-R) GIS Specialist Jeff Samson, Data Steward Bahar Torabidavan, and ONC President and CEO Kate Moran. 📷 3: The drillship Vidar Viking, operated by@ecord_iodp, during #IODP’s 2004 Arctic Coring Expedition co-led by Moran. Credit: Martin Jakobsson ECORD/IODP #GGHonours #UVic @universityofvictoria

#ONCabyss Summer Expedition: Clayoquot Slope 🐙 A big shout out to ONC #DataStewards Sean and Ulrike and @nautilus #DataEngineer Justin aboard the E/V Nautilus; they reconfigured the #ROV’s #CTD to communicate live data to Oceans 3.0 - critical to our future dives! At Clayoquot Slope, we: 🫧 swapped out the RBR BPR (bottom pressure recorder) that observes underwater tsunamis and contributes to our #EarthquakeEarlyWarning system; 🫧 swapped out a @seabirdscientific CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth device); 🫧 collected water samples; 🫧 collected sediment #PushCores (sediment samples); 🫧 conducted #photogrammetry survey on the whale fall. Our work contributes to ONC’s goal of providing high-resolution, long-term ocean observations that accelerate scientific discovery and makes possible services and solutions that support ocean and planet sustainability. Watch our live dives 👉 bit.ly/ONCAbyssJuly2023 #KnowTheOcean #ONCAbyss #NautilusLive #CFIFunded

This whale fall was discovered in 2009, and even after 14 years, it still hosts a diverse biological community - check out the #tubeworms inhabiting the jawbones! We don’t know what species of whale these bones belong to, but we have observed limpets, snails, isopods, crabs, and a variety of fish, including #RattailFish. Join us on our dives with @nautiluslive 👉 bit.ly/ONCAbyssJuly2023 @uhmanoanews #KnowTheOcean #ONCabyss #NautilusLive #CFIFunded #UHohana

#DYK #HydrothermalVents are fissures where superheated seawater is expelled - with temperatures between 300-400 degrees Celsius! These intense hot springs host unique ecosystems of deep-sea creatures like tubeworms and spider crabs! Hydrothermal vents are still shrouded by mystery - we know very little about the day-to-day life of hydrothermal vent organisms or how these particular ecosystems evolve over time! Watch us dive at #Endeavour w/ @NautilusLive 👉 bit.ly/ONCAbyssJuly2023 #KnowTheOcean #ONCabyss #NautilusLive

Deep sea serendipity 🐋 We’re conducting a #WhaleFall #photogrammetry survey at Clayoquot, where we collect images and videos to construct a 3-D model of a whale carcass. A large carcass becomes an oasis to the food-limited deep-sea. Even when the flesh is gone, the whale carcass can sustain the seafloor community for decades! Visit the whale fall with ONC & @nautiluslive 👉 bit.ly/ONCAbyssJuly2023 #KnowTheOcean #ONCabyss #NautilusLive

“What are you doing in my swamp - I mean ocean!” 🐙 Folger Passage Octopus, Shrek-topus @nautiluslive’s ROV Hercules was challenged to a fierce arms-wrestle with an eight-armed local during yesterday’s dive at Folger Deep! Despite this match not being part of our dive plans, our crew still completed our site maintenance checklist. Watch our live dives so you don’t miss highlights like this 👉 bit.ly/ONCAbyssJuly2023 #KnowTheOcean #ONCabyss #NautilusLive

#Clayoquot Slope (pronounced “Clah-quot”) or Tla-o-qui-aht, named after the largest nation in Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations. Clayoquot Slope is along the continental slope in an area where sediment accumulates from the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate subducting under the North American plate as they converge. As the sediment builds up and becomes compacted, pore water and gases are pushed out from the sediment - forming cold-water vents like the Bullseye Vent which has a significant concentration of gas hydrates. There is an abundance of marine life here and ONC monitors seismic activity, hydrogeological conditions, hydrates, and more at this site! Watch our live dives 👉 bit.ly/ONCAbyssJuly2023 @nautiluslive #KnowTheOcean #ONCAbyss #NautilusLive

Our Summer 2023 #ONCabyss expedition will take us to a range of ocean observatory sites like the Endeavour hydrothermal vent field where temperatures can reach 300℃; the deep abyssal plain of Cascadia Basin; the cold-water vents of Clayoquot Slope; and more! Follow us and @nautiluslive for dive alerts so you don’t miss ROVs Hercules and Atalanta in action! Watch live 👉 bit.ly/ONCAbyssJuly2023 #KnowTheOcean #ONCabyss #NautilusLive #CFIFunded