Aboard NOAA Ship, Challenges and Adventure While Mapping Sea Floor
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In Alaska, summertime is an opportunity for an “adventure” of discovery: exploring and updating ocean floor maps of Alaska’s coastal waters. These are places few people have seen, says a crewman of one NOAA vessel.