Deep-Sea Exploration
Into the abyss — the machines, explorers and creatures of the deep ocean, from HMS Challenger and the bathysphere to Alvin, the Titanic, hydrothermal vents and the ROVs mapping the sea floor today.
A chronological documentary of 253 moments spanning 1874–2026 on Loreline.
last updated 2026-07-22
Eras
- The Machines — The vessels that made the abyss reachable — from Beebe’s steel bathysphere and Piccard’s bathyscaphe Trieste to the submersible Alvin, James Cameron’s Deepsea Challenger and Victor Vescovo’s Limiting Factor.
- The Explorers & Expeditions — The people and voyages that opened the deep — HMS Challenger (1872–76), William Beebe, Jacques Piccard & Don Walsh, Jacques Cousteau, and the modern record-breakers.
- Life in the Abyss — The creatures of the midnight zone — anglerfish, giant and colossal squid, gulper eels, vampire squid and the bizarre bestiary revealed by deep-sea cameras.
- Hydrothermal Vents — The 1977 discovery that rewrote biology — black smokers and the giant tube worms, an ecosystem powered by chemistry, not sunlight.
- Shipwrecks & the Titanic — The deep as a graveyard and a time capsule — Robert Ballard, the Argo camera sled and the 1985 discovery of RMS Titanic 3,800 m down.
- Mapping the Abyss — Charting the unseen — the Mariana Trench and Challenger Deep, sonar bathymetry, and the modern ROV fleets (NOAA’s Okeanos Explorer, EV Nautilus, Schmidt Ocean) mapping the sea floor.
- Bioluminescence — Light in the darkness — the living glow of the deep, from firefly squid and lanternfish to the bomber worms and glowing corals that turn the midnight zone into a light show.
- Deep-Sea Mining & the Future — The coming frontier and its cost — the polymetallic nodules of the abyssal plain, the race to mine them, and the debate over what we risk destroying before we understand it.
- Under the Ice — The polar deep — exploring the sea floor beneath the Antarctic and Arctic ice, among the strangest and least-seen habitats on Earth.
- Corals, Seamounts & Canyons — The deep-sea landscape and its gardens — ancient cold-water corals, towering seamounts, submarine canyons and the oases of life they shelter.
- — The Challenger Expedition. A detailed account of the four-year voyage that first sounded the deep ocean.
- — The pioneering voyage of HMS Challenger. The 1872–76 Challenger expedition that founded the science of oceanography.
- — HMS Challenger. The Royal Navy corvette HMS Challenger, whose 1872–76 voyage founded modern oceanography.
- — The Bathysphere. William Beebe and Otis Barton’s steel bathysphere, lowered on a cable to record depths in the 1930s.
- — Bathyscaphe Trieste. The bathyscaphe Trieste, which carried Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh to the Challenger Deep in 1960.
- — Piccard & Walsh aboard Trieste. Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh, the first humans to reach the deepest point in the ocean, 23 January 1960.
- — Jacques-Yves Cousteau. The co-inventor of the Aqua-Lung, whose ship Calypso and films brought the ocean deep into living rooms worldwide.
- — Sylvia Earle — ‘Her Deepness’. The pioneering oceanographer Sylvia Earle, who set a solo-dive depth record in a JIM suit and became a champion of the deep ocean.
- — The moment they knew they’d found Titanic. Woods Hole on the 1985 discovery — the debris trail that led to the wreck.
- — From the archives: Titanic’s discovery in 1985. CBS News archival coverage of the wreck’s discovery.
- — DSV Alvin. Woods Hole’s deep submergence vehicle Alvin, in service since 1964.
- — A black smoker chimney. A hydrothermal vent ‘black smoker’ venting superheated, mineral-laden water on the sea floor.
- — The bow of Titanic. The bow of RMS Titanic on the sea floor, 3,800 m down — discovered in 1985.
- — Arctic 2002: Breathtaking Under-ice Diving Photography. NOAA Ocean Exploration
- — Map of the Mariana Trench. The Mariana Trench, home of the Challenger Deep — the deepest known point in the ocean.
- — NOAA Titanic Expedition 2004: Breathtaking Wreck Footage. Breathtaking... Nearly 20 years after first finding the sunken remains of the R.M.S. Titanic, marine explorer Robert Ballard returned in June 2004, helped by the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration to study the ship's rapid deterioration.
- — Operation Deep Scope 2005: Eye-in-the-Sea Bioluminescence. NOAA Ocean Exploration
- — Deep Sea Creatures Exhibit Bioluminescence | Blue Planet | BBC Earth. BBC Earth
- — Islands in the Stream 2002: Bioluminescing Deep Sea Coral. NOAA Ocean Exploration
- — Bioluminescence 2009: Six-gill Shark Mystery. NOAA Ocean Exploration
- — Bioluminescence 2009: "How To Capture A Sea Cucumber". NOAA Ocean Exploration
- — Okeanos Explorer: 2010 highlights. The first full season of America’s ship of exploration.
- — Black smoker and hot-vent creatures. Neptune Canada footage of a black smoker and the animals that cluster around it.
- — Giant tube worms (Riftia). Riftia pachyptila, the metre-long tube worms that live on vent chemistry, first found in 1977.
- — Galápagos Rift 2011: New Hydrothermal Vent Discovered. NOAA Ocean Exploration
- — The Trieste’s deepest dive (extended). The story of the bathyscaphe Trieste, which in 1960 carried two men to the deepest point in the ocean.
- — Inside James Cameron’s Deepsea Challenger. The one-man sub James Cameron rode to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 2012.
- — Gulf of Mexico 2012: Spectacular New Shipwreck Discovery. NOAA Ocean Exploration
- — Indonesia-USA Deep-sea Exploration: July 11, 2010 Highlights. View some of the spectacular underwater footage captured by the Little Hercules remotely operated vehicle (ROV) on July 11, 2010, during the Indonesia-USA Deep-Sea Exploration of the Sangihe Talaud Region expedition on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer.
- — Polymetallic nodules. The potato-sized manganese nodules that carpet the abyssal plain — the prize, and the flashpoint, of deep-sea mining.
- — Firefly squid (Watasenia). The firefly squid of Japan’s Toyama Bay, whose blue bioluminescence lights the water each spring.
- — The gulper (pelican) eel. Eurypharynx pelecanoides, all mouth and whip-tail — one of the strange predators of the deep.
- — Deep-sea anglerfish. A prickly anglerfish specimen — the lantern-luring predator of the midnight zone.
- — Northeast U.S. Canyons Expedition 2013. NOAA Ocean Exploration
- — Deepsea Challenge: Cameron to dive to the ocean’s deepest point. Announcing James Cameron’s solo descent to the Challenger Deep.
- — DEEPSEA CHALLENGE 3D — trailer. National Geographic’s film of James Cameron’s 2012 dive to the Mariana Trench.
- — Bathysphere and Beyond. William Beebe and Otis Barton’s 1930s bathysphere dives — the first humans to observe deep-sea life alive.
- — The anglerfish: fishing in the dark. MBARI on the anglerfish and its glowing lure — the classic predator of the deep.
- — Elusive black seadevil, up close. One of the first video observations of a living deep-sea anglerfish.
- — Rare sperm whale encounter with an ROV. A sperm whale investigates the EV Nautilus ROV in the deep.
- — Guayanilla Canyon, East Wall: Exploring Puerto Rico’s Seamounts, Trenches, and Troughs 2015. NOAA Ocean Exploration
- — The dumbo octopus. Grimpoteuthis, the ear-flapping ‘dumbo’ octopus, filmed thousands of metres down.
- — A bioluminescent bloom. Noctiluca and other bioluminescent plankton set the sea aglow — the same living light that fills the deep.
- — Giant tube worms of the Galápagos. EV Nautilus at the Galápagos vents — the giant tube worms first found here in 1977.
- — Giant black smoker hydrothermal vent. EV Nautilus films a towering black smoker chimney venting superheated, mineral-rich water.
- — Okeanos Explorer: the U.S. Northeast Canyons. Inner Space Center highlights from the deep canyons off the U.S. east coast.
- — Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard reach the bottom of the ocean. The 1960 Trieste descent to the Challenger Deep — the deepest crewed dive in history at the time.
- — Dive 06: Ellis Seamount: 2015 Hohonu Moana. Dive 06 of the third leg of the 2015 Hohonu Moana: Exploring Deep Waters off Hawaii expedition was the first dive ever conducted on Ellis Seamount, located in the Geologist Seamounts group. The objective of this dive was to survey a rift zone ridge coming off the northern end of the seamount for corals and sponges, to gather more information on whether high-density communities can be found on ridge topography. From beginning to end, the dive observed high densities of coral colonies.
- — Dive 05: Swordfish Seamount: 2015 Hohonu Moana. Highlights from the fifth dive of the third leg of the 2015 Hohonu Moana: Exploring Deep Waters off Hawaii expedition, conducted on September 1, 2015. This was the first dive ever conducted on Swordfish Seamount, located in the Geologist Seamounts group.
- — Strange Bioluminescing Deep Sea Animals | Blue Planet | BBC Earth. BBC Earth
- — Dive Deeper: Alvin takes you there. Inside a dive aboard Alvin — how three people descend kilometres into the dark.
- — The Beauty Of Deep-sea Creatures | Blue Planet | BBC Earth. BBC Earth
- — Corals in Concert: 2017 Deep-Sea Symphony. Deep-sea coral and sponge communities are often hot spots of biodiversity, providing important habitat for life within deep ocean waters. As the ocean knows no boundaries, NOAA has a responsibility to study these communities both inside and outside of U.S. waters. The area explored in the Musicians Seamounts during the Deep-Sea Symphony expedition hosted some of the most-dense coral and sponge communities encountered throughout the entire CAPSTONE project in the Pacific.
- — Close encounter with a vampire squid. EV Nautilus meets the vampire squid — a living fossil of the deep.
- — NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: 2017 highlights. A year of NOAA telepresence dives mapping unexplored sea floor.
- — Savage World of the Coral Jungle, Episode 3 of 37, Jacques Cousteau Odyssey. The real Life Aquatic. Adventure - People
- — The Deepest Dive in Antarctica Reveals a Sea Floor Teeming With Life. OceanX
- — Icebergs and asteroids: Mapping extreme environments. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Diving the Icy Blue Waters of Antarctica for Blue Planet II: Hugh Miller. OceanX
- — The Dinner That Glows In the Dark. Great Big Story
- — Gulper eel balloons its massive jaws. EV Nautilus captures a gulper eel inflating its enormous mouth.
- — The deep-sea gulper eel. MBARI on the pelican eel, all mouth and mystery.
- — Pyrosomes are free-floating, bioluminescent colonial tunicates. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Deep sea explorers discover WWII aircraft carrier USS Wasp. CBS Mornings
- — Challenger Deep bathymetry. A modern sonar map of the Challenger Deep and Sirena Deep at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
- — Weird and Wonderful: Green bomber worms drop bioluminescent "bombs". MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — What are hydrothermal vents?. Woods Hole explains the deep-sea vents discovered in 1977 that host life without sunlight.
- — Icy Missions. @AusAntarctic
- — Visualizing Deep-sea Mining. MIT Mechanical Engineering
- — Scenes from Calypso Deep. Caladan Oceanic revisits the deep named for Cousteau’s ship Calypso.
- — Robots in the Abyss: 30 years of research on the abyssal plain provides clues to climate change. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — MBARI is advancing marine science and engineering to understand our changing ocean. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — The bloody-belly comb jelly. MBARI’s ‘Weird and Wonderful’ — a deep-sea jelly whose red belly hides its glowing meals.
- — Bioluminescence in the deep sea: Glow-in-the-dark corals light up the deep ocean. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Deep relaxation: Release the stress with the bloody-belly comb jelly. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Deep relaxation: Breathe and unwind in deep-sea coral and sponge gardens. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Deep relaxation: Spend a few minutes chilling with the vampire squid. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Weird and Wonderful: giant tubeworms. MBARI on Riftia, the metre-long worms that thrive on vent chemistry.
- — Mining the deep sea: the true cost to the planet. The Economist
- — Explore a hydrothermal vent habitat. MBARI tours a bizarre chemosynthetic community around a deep-sea vent.
- — Ocean’s deepest point conquered. Guinness World Records on Victor Vescovo’s record-breaking full-ocean-depth dives.
- — Into the midnight zone. MBARI biologist Bruce Robison on the animals of the deep midwater.
- — Denizens of the Arctic Deep: Hidden Ocean 2016: Chukchi Borderlands. NOAA Ocean Exploration
- — The making of DSV Limiting Factor. Caladan Oceanic’s film on building the Limiting Factor — the first repeatable full-ocean-depth submersible.
- — Expedition to Sur Ridge: Exploring deep-sea coral and sponge gardens just off Big Sur. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Deep relaxation: Chill out with these deep-sea octopuses. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Navigating STEM as an ocean robotics engineer | Emery Nolasco. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Australian Mesophotic Coral Examination - Wrapping Up at Ashmore Reef - FK210409. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Japan's mysterious glowing squid. Brut America
- — Expedition Update: Searching for the Origin of Immunity. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Discovering Deep-Sea Corals of the Phoenix Islands 2 - Communities Above and Below. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Discovering Deep-Sea Corals of the Phoenix Islands 2 - 4K ROV Highlights. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Finding the Titanic — Bob Ballard. Robert Ballard tells the story of locating RMS Titanic in 1985.
- — Biodiverse Borderlands - 4K ROV Highlights. “Establishing ecological baselines in the deep sea allows us to track changes over time and better understand the consequences of human actions,” said Chief Scientist Dr. Lisa Levin, a professor of biological oceanography at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
- — Deep-sea geology rocks: Mud samples reveal the history of earthquakes and tsunamis. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Bioluminescence in the deep sea: How and why do animals create their own light?. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Fishing for eDNA: Robots help monitor a freshwater stream for a year. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Shackleton's ship Endurance discovered after more than 100 years at the bottom of the sea. PBS NewsHour
- — Underwater robots find Shackleton's Endurance shipwreck in Antarctic - BBC News. BBC News
- — 'Almost perfectly preserved' 1915 Endurance shipwreck found off the coast of Antarctica | SBS News. SBS News
- — Where does the largest animal migration on Earth happen? The ocean's twilight zone. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Preparing ROV SuBastian | Shipyard to Sea - Ep. 2. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Victor Vescovo explores all five deeps. The Five Deeps Expedition — the first person to reach the deepest point of all five oceans.
- — Preparing ROV SuBastian - Shipyard to Sea Ep. 2 - Español/Castellano Subtitulado. Sumérjase en los sistemas mecánicos y eléctricos del Vehículo Operado Remotamente SuBastian, mientras el equipo se prepara para integrar el ROV en la red de herramientas del nuevo buque de investigación Falkor (too). Obtenga una mirada entre bastidores a la integración, incluida la modificación del sistema de lanzamiento/recuperación, el enrollado de más de 5000 metros de cable de fibra óptica umbilical y más.
- — 360 video of coral reef scientists at work!. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- — 8 minutes of stunning deep-sea life in 4K. A reel of MBARI’s remarkable deep-sea animal encounters.
- — Ocean technology competition inspires the next generation of STEM leaders. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — The Truth about Deep Sea Mining. Take the Real Engineering X Brilliant Course and get 20% off your an annual subscription:
- — Take a meditative moment and gaze into the eyes of the deep-sea rattail fish. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — ROV Mission Control Room On Board R/V Falkor (too) | Shipyard to Sea - Ep. 8. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Jelly-like siphonophores astound with their breathtaking beauty. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Brine Pool - 2015 | Nautilus Live (Remastered!) | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Dropped to the bottom of the ocean in a steel sphere. The story of the bathysphere and the men who rode it into the dark.
- — [Rare Footage] Swim Alongside a Right Whale and Her Calf. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- — Lost and Found | In Search of Hydrothermal Lost Cities - Week 4. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Deep-Sea Chemical Laboratories | Health Diagnostics of Deep-Sea Coral - Week 2. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — 25 years of ocean exploration: The story of MBARI's R/V Western Flyer. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Health diagnostics of deep-sea coral. Schmidt Ocean Institute studies the ancient corals of the deep.
- — Explore the Pacific with OET's 2023 Expedition Season | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Meet MBARI: The Manufacturing Group builds high-tech tools and instruments we deploy in the deep sea. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau - E01 - Sharks - Documentary. Deep in the Undergrowth
- — The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau - E05 - Unexpected Voyage of Pepito and Cristobal. Deep in the Undergrowth
- — Meet MBARI: Finding inspiration for new technology in deep-sea animals. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Mysterious Jellyfish Found in Remote Pacific Depths | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Dale Oakley, Shellfish Sustaining Communities exhibit. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- — Buddy Pocknett, Shellfish Sustaining Communities. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- — FOUR Fabulous Fossilized Whale Jaws! | Nautilus Live. The Pacific Remote Islands seamounts have been rich habitats for millions of years! While exploring seamounts in US waters north of Kingman Reef, our Corps of Exploration have come across not one, not two- but FOUR partial fossilized whale skulls! The first was sampled on Guyot 123 and identified as a fossilized portion of a beaked whale skull. ROV Hercules collected the sample over 2,100m below sea level. While age estimates are not possible from simple visual analysis, the bone has been laying on the seabed…
- — New Technology Brings High-Tech Laser Lab to Seafloor | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Deep Sea Spider Update from an Expert | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Revisiting a Whale Fall on Clayoquot Slope | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Deep-sea mining pros and cons for the Pacific region | Explainer | The Pacific | ABC News. There’s been lots of discussion around deep-sea mining across the Pacific region. But what exactly is deep-sea mining and what are the pros and cons for the people living in the great blue continent?
- — From Sand to Slopes - 2023 Johnston Atoll Expedition Begins! | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — One Seamount, THREE Dumbo Octopus | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Scientists solve mystery of why thousands of octopus migrate to deep-sea thermal springs. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — A History of Interdisciplinary Research | Hydrothermal Vents of the Western Galápagos - Week 2. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Endless Pink Coral Forest in Papahānaumokuākea | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Hydrothermal vents of the western Galápagos. Schmidt Ocean Institute’s 4K survey of the Galápagos vent fields.
- — Unlike Anything Else on Earth | Hydrothermal Vents of the Western Galápagos - Wrap-up Video. Would you follow a trail of crabs? While it took a huge array of the latest technology - sonars, chemical sensors, a remotely operated vehicle and more - the biggest clue that the team was on the right path came from squat lobsters leading the way. Join in the excitement of this momentous discovery and hear how this research will help build a foundation for new scientists and research for years to come.
- — “Ghostly” Dumbo Octopus in the Deep Sea | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Hitchhiking Squat Lobster, Deep Sea Fish, and a Bunch of Brisingids | Nautilus Live. While diving on Unnamed Seamount 11 in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument during our Ala ʻAumoana Kai Uli (NA154) expedition, our Corps of Exploration came across many different examples of life on the seafloor. Check out deep sea fish, including a Macrourid, corals of various colors, shapes, and sizes, a forest of Brisingid sea stars, and even a squat lobster hitching a ride on ROV Hercules’ porch in this highlight video from our H2005 dive.
- — Triple the Chaunacops Fun | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Diversity of Deep Sea Fish from Papahānaumokuākea | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — What Does Cultural Protocol Mean in Papahānaumokuākea? | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — The woolly siphonophore thrives in the deep sea by stretching out to catch a meal. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Combining Ocean Exploration Technologies to Understand the Geologist Seamounts | Nautilus Live. For our third iteration of the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI) technology collaboration, we welcome some of the best and brightest in ocean exploration onboard E/V Nautilus! OET is hosting three different autonomous and remotely operated platforms on the ship to keep bounding ahead strategies for deploying multiple underwater vehicles in tandem to advance efficiencies in ocean exploration: the University of New Hampshire’s uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) DriX, the University of Rhode Island’s Deep…
- — Updated USV DriX Advances Ocean Mapping and Exploration | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — The race to mine the bottom of the ocean. Vox
- — Updated Mesobot Provides Stunning Twilight Zone Ocean Footage | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — OECI Multi-Vehicle Ocean Exploration Showcases Power of Collaboration | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Monkfish Sits on Geometric Columnar Basalt | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Testing New Camera Technology To Bring The Deep Sea to 3D | Nautilus Live. During our Ocean Exploration Through Advanced Imagery expedition, the team had the exciting opportunity to test a new wide field camera array system co-developed by the Ocean Exploration Trust and Sexton Corporation to expand how we gather data from the deep ocean. In this video, join the team touring this new technology as its brought to the field, working from deployment to data processing to visualize the ocean floor using both complex technology and off-the-shelf software solutions.
- — A Spectacular Success | Ultra Fine-Scale Seafloor Mapping Expedition - Week 4. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — The Second Start | Octopus Odyssey (too) - Week 1. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Future Dreams & Ocean Depths | Octopus Odyssey (too) Expedition - Week 2. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — EV Nautilus: 2023 expedition season highlights. A season of deep-sea science and exploration aboard EV Nautilus.
- — Guaranteed Discovery | Seamounts of the Southeast Pacific - Week 1. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Meet MBARI: Autonomous robots help team reveal the secret lives of ocean predators. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Underwater Majesty | Seamounts of the Southeast Pacific - Week 3. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Seamounts of the Southeast Pacific. Schmidt Ocean Institute maps the life on deep undersea mountains.
- — Ecosystems of Importance | Seamounts of the SE Pacific - Week 5. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Ancient Amphora of Shipwreck Knidos A- 2009 | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Mike McGuire at WHOI Sea Grant's 50th Anniversary Celebration Event. WHOI Sea Grant celebrated its 50th Anniversary on June 9, 2023 in the Davis Center. Following a welcome by WHOI Sea Grant Director Matt Charette, Massachusetts Congressman Bill Keating, WHOI President and Director Peter de Menocal, and Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Director Mike McGuire shared words of inspiration for the years ahead.
- — We Are All Explorers...Even You!. NOAA Ocean Exploration
- — Ocean Watch | A Story of Deep Sea Exploration. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Aegean Shipwreck Flotsam from Knidos Dive C- 2009 | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Life at Extremes: Biology of Brine Pools and Methane Seeps - 2014 (Remastered!) | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Deep sea mining: Into the deep | 60 Minutes Archive. 60 Minutes
- — Firefly Squid: A Light in the Deep | Forces of Nature | BBC Earth Science. BBC Earth Science
- — Sylvia Earle | "Her Deepness", Explorer -- IIA Studio Talk. Ideas In Action
- — Eregli G Shipwreck Dive Highlights- 2012 (Remastered!) | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Stunning Siphonophore Strikes Back- 2014 (Remastered!) | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — The many milestones of Alvin. Woods Hole’s DSV Alvin — in service since 1964, the workhorse submersible that has carried scientists on thousands of dives.
- — Adventure at the Frontier of Science (ft. Dr. Osvaldo Ulloa) | Science Stories. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Aventura en la frontera de la ciencia (ft. Dr. Osvaldo Ulloa) | Science Stories. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Alvin: advancing ocean science. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- — Light in the Dark. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Challenger’s legacy: discoveries from the deep. How the Challenger expedition’s dredges and soundings revealed a living deep sea.
- — Eavesdropping on ocean giants: MBARI tech reveals the secret lives of blue whales. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Beyond the Wow: The Anatomy of a Highlight | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Celebrating 15 Years of Nautilus Live & Ocean Exploration Trust | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Revealing the stunning landscapes of deep-sea hydrothermal vents. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — A Mosaic of Life | High Seas and Seamounts of the Nazca Ridge. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Beyond the Wow: How to Track an Underwater Vehicle | Nautilus. EVNautilus
- — Exploring the Deep with the DAP Lander | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — E Mamana ou Gataifale expeditions in American Samoa | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Giant Molas Spotted Deep Offshore American Samoa | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — The 'Finger of Death' that Freezes Everything it Touches | Earth's Great Seasons | BBC Earth. BBC Earth
- — Venting Chimneys of Vailuluʻu Seamount | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Deep-Sea Rays on Vailulu’u Seamount | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — History, Recorded on the Seafloor | Fire and Ice: Volcanic and Glacial Interactions. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — New MBARI research reveals the dynamic processes that sculpt the Arctic seafloor. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Setting Sail on Lebuu’s Voyage in Palau | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Deep Hotspots of Biodiversity | Canyons, Vents, and Seeps of the Chile Margin. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — When a Plan Comes Together | In Search of Hydrothermal Lost Cities (extended cut). Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — A Treasure Trove | Canyons, Vents, and Seeps of the Chile Margin. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Squishy, Floaty, and Swimmy: Creatures of Palau’s Deep Ocean | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Best of Lebuu's Voyage I Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — MBARI researchers discover remarkable new swimming sea slug in the deep sea. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Exceptional Footage of Chaunacops and Dumbo Octopus in Palau | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Elasmobranches of Palau: Lanternshark and Deepwater Stingray | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — A Needle in a Haystack | Canyons, Vents, and Seeps of the Chile Margin. Sometimes, the path to discovery is littered with things not found. Previous, albeit limited, exploration along the Chile Margin revealed the chemical signature of hydrothermal vents in the water column. Until now, no one had looked for those vents with advanced tools. The #ChileMargin2024 science team took advantage of the state-of-the-art resources available on R/V Falkor (too); they went where all signs pointed to vents and found no vents. “It’s not that we didn’t find it; it is that it is not there,” said…
- — Connecting Culture and Marine Biodiversity in Palau | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — First nautiloids spotted from EV Nautilus. A first-ever nautiloid sighting on the ship that shares its name.
- — Uncovering the Physics of Ocean Ecosystems with Scripps | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Meet MBARI: This team develops innovative new technology to map the seafloor. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Exploring Unseen Depths of Antarctica | #AntarcticClimateConnections. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Climate Connections at the Ice-Sea Interface | 4K ROV Highlights. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — An enchanting winter whale song from deep below Monterey Bay. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Pacific War Wrecks (Full Episode) | Drain the Oceans | National Geographic. National Geographic
- — A Partnership for Discovery | #SouthSandwichIslands. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Scientists stunned by marine life discovered on Antarctic sea floor. Over the past two decades, Antarctica has lost 150 billion tons of ice mass on average every year. The thinning ice glaciers have raised alarms about the urgency of climate change, while offering researchers new depths of exploration. Dave Malkoff has more.
- — Searching for New Species in the South Sandwich Islands| 4K ROV Highlights. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Serendipitous Discovery | Searching for New Species in the South Sandwich Islands. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Colossal squid — first live observation. Schmidt Ocean Institute films a colossal squid alive for the first time.
- — Descending to 10,900 m in the Mariana Trench. The feat of reaching the deepest point on Earth, told through the Trieste dive.
- — R(eel)y Photogenic Moray Pair on Ahyi Seamount | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Beautiful CO2 Bubbles From Underwater Volcano | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Celebrate World Ocean Month with 6 minutes of remarkable deep-sea fishes. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Massive Sequoia Hydrothermal Vent Amazes Science Team | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Sailing in History - Guadalcanal | Nautilus Live. More than eight decades after the Second World War, the submerged battlefield of Solomon Islands campaign continues to reveal new understanding of these historical events. While every Ocean Exploration Trust expedition brings together experts from many disciplines, this mission specifically brings together archaeological experts from all former combatant nations. Sit down with curator Frank Thompson from US Navy History and Heritage Command and underwater archaeologist Hiroshi Ishii leading archaeological…
- — Oceanic research with the Cousteau diving saucer (1965). Jacques Cousteau’s SP-350 ‘diving saucer’, an early manoeuvrable deep-diving craft.
- — Discovering Shipwrecks with USV DriX | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Exploring the Wreck of USS Yorktown. NOAA Ocean Exploration
- — Underwater oases of the Mar del Plata Canyon. Schmidt Ocean Institute’s 4K survey of a deep Atlantic canyon.
- — Celebrating the Deep | Underwater Oases of the Mar Del Plata Canyon. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Titanic Discovery’s 40th Anniversary: Dr. Robert Ballard and New Exhibition. EVNautilus
- — Ballard’s Titanic discovery: September 1, 1985. The night the Argo camera sled found the Titanic 3,800 m down.
- — 5 mesmerizing minutes of flowing flatfishes to help you unwind. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Rolex presents: Sylvia Earle – Guardian of the Deep. ROLEX
- — Inside the sub that reached Earth’s deepest point. How the bathyscaphe Trieste was engineered to survive the crushing pressure of the Challenger Deep.
- — An early gulper eel encounter. MBARI throwback to one of its earliest deep-sea gulper-eel sightings.
- — (re)Introducing ROV Little Hercules | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Rare bigfin squid in the Cook Islands deep. A ghostly, long-armed bigfin squid filmed by EV Nautilus.
- — USS Harder (SS-257) – The Deadliest WWII Submarine Found After 79 Years. Deep Sea Reports
- — It's an Ocean World: Explore the Hidden Wonders. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- — MBARI’s spectacular deep-sea sightings. A year of MBARI’s most striking creatures, in ultra-high definition.
- — Mapping Prowess | Science Bow & AUV. Seafloor mapping is critical for improving our understanding of ocean ecosystems, resource management, safe navigation, and more. Nearly 75% of the ocean floor remains unmapped.
- — Nautilus Field Guide: Chaunacops Anglerfish | Nautilus Live. The Nautilus Field Guide series is here to take you on a nerdy deep dive into the remarkable animals who call the deep sea home. If you love deep-sea creatures, marine biology fun facts, or just saying “what is THAT?”—this series is for you.
- — Welcome to the Midwater! | Animals as Living Bioreactors PART 1. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Variety of Deep Sea Animals in the Marshall Islands | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Understanding a Changing World | Animals as Living Bioreactors | Wrap-up, Part 1. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Deep Sea Fossilized Shark Teeth | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Nautilus Field Guide: Cladorhizidae Carnivorous Sponges | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Nautilus Field Guide: Siphonophores | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — The depths of Ningaloo. A Schmidt Ocean Institute film exploring the deep off Western Australia.
- — OET's 2026 Expedition Season Preview | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Introducing the New EM304 Mapping Sonar on E/V Nautilus | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Discovering the Deep (ft. Paula Zapata Ramírez) | Science Story. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Alvin returns to service. The upgraded Alvin re-certified for deeper dives, extending the reach of the legendary submersible.
- — Rare Purple Acorn Worms in the Deep-Sea of the Marianas! | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Fish Friends of the Mariana Depths | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Collecting Deep-Sea Sediment in a Box Corer | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — ROV Attempts Sample of Paper Nautilus Shell | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
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