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Search for the Lost Whaling Fleets of the Western Arctic

WhalingFleet2015

We believe that the proposed surveys will provide important knowledge and information critical to understanding, and ultimately preserving, the underwater cultural heritage of this
historically significant place in the Arctic, and will offer considerable value to others who share an interest in and a desire to know more about this place and its natural and cultural resources.
Ultimately, it may also produce essential information about this area that can help to establish the criteria for what places in the marine environment we, as a society, choose to protect and preserve
in the Arctic and elsewhere in the US EEZ.
Cite this dataset when used as a source.
  • WhalingFleet2015
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    Dataset Point of Contact NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
    ncei.info@noaa.gov
    Dataset Principal Investigator Bradley W. Barr, Ph.D.
    Scientist, Chief
    NOAA/ONMS Maritime Heritage Program
    Dataset Principal Investigator James P. Delgado, Ph.D.
    Scientist, Chief
    NOAA/ONMS Maritime Heritage Program
    Coverage Description Cruise Start and End
    Time Period Unknown to Unknown;Unknown to Unknown
    Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
    West:-159.15
    East:-159.13
    South:70.51
    North:70.53
    Spatial Coverage Map
    Documentation links not available.
    Publication Dates
    • creation: 2015-08-08
    Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
    Data Update Frequency Not planned
    Purpose The primary goal of this project is to survey and map the nearshore waters of the Chukchi coast between Wainwright and the western terminus of the Seahorse Islands, approximately 60 nautical miles southwest of Barrow, in search of submerged remnants of the nearly fifty whaling ships abandoned and lost there in 1871 and 1876. Through a partnership among the NOAA Maritime Heritage Program (MHP) in the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS), the NOAA Office of Coast Survey (OCS), and the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrography Center (CCOM/JHC) at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), acoustic and magnetic surveys will be conducted in areas identified based on known last positions of these vessels.
    Use Limitations
    • Access Constraints: No access constraints Use Constraints: No use constraints.
    Publishers
      Publisher information not available.
    Theme keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
    • Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Environment Monitoring
    • Earth Science > Oceans > Aquatic Sciences
    Data Center keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
    • DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
    • DOC/NOAA/OAR/OER > Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Oceanic & Atmospheric Research, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
    Platform keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
    • R/V UKPIK
    • SHIPS
    Instrument keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
    • UNDERWATER VIDEO CAMERA
    • MAGNETOMETER
    • SIDE-SCAN SONAR
    • ECHO SOUNDERS
    • Positioning/Navigation
    • CTD
    Place keywords Limits of Oceans and Seas
    • Chukchi Sea
    • Arctic Ocean
    Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
    • ARCTIC OCEAN
    Keywords Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) Program Discovery Keywords
    • expedition
    • exploration
    • explorer
    • marine education
    • noaa
    • ocean
    • ocean discovery
    • ocean education
    • ocean exploration
    • ocean exploration and research
    • OER
    • ocean literacy
    • ocean research
    • science
    • scientific mission
    • scientific research
    • sea
    • stewardship
    • systematic exploration
    • technology
    • transformational research
    • undersea
    • underwater
    Use Constraints No constraint information available
    Fees Fee information not available.
    Acquisition Information (collection)
    Instrument
    • R/V Ukpik
    Platform
    • R/V UKPIK
    Last Modified: 2020-11-12
    For questions about the information on this page, please email:ncei.info@noaa.gov