Video:
Kick 'em Jenny Volcano in 60 Seconds
E/V Nautilus revisits one of our most exciting developments from the 2013 season - 14 inch mussels, brittle stars, and more, all living in a cold seep environment deep in the crater of the volcano. Learn more about the expedition from Nautilus Exploration Program Chief Scientist Dr. Katy Croff Bell.
Expedition
Anegada Passage & the British Virgin Islands' Seamounts
Within the Caribbean region, numerous unexplored seamounts punctuate the seafloor holding records of geologic, biologic and oceanographic processes over different time-scales. Seamounts are topographically and oceanographically complex with environmental characteristics that vary greatly and have often been suggested to be biodiversity hotspots, however, many of these hypotheses are only beginning to be explored in detail.