Author: Deborah Kelley

Saying Goodbye Once Again As we hold station in the fog off Newport, Oregon the RCA scientists, engineers and VISIONS’26 students are

We arrived in the caldera of Axial Seamount just after midnight on August 13, eager to enter the strange, sunken world at

Our first stop was also our shallowest: the Oregon Shelf site, at just 80 m water depth and about an hour from

The past week has been a whirlwind of activity in preparation for departure.  Once again, it has been almost exactly one year

Each summer, an extraordinary scientific expedition heads into the Northeast Pacific to maintain one of the world’s most advanced underwater ocean observatories.

Tomorrow, we say farewell to our incredible friends aboard the R/V Atlantis and the amazing ROV Jason team. They have welcomed us

Dr. Jackie Dixon, University of South Florida My first cruise to the Juan de Fuca Ridge was in 1980. I was an

We returned to our friend Axial Seamount on Monday, August 18 – the weather and sea gods decided to be kind and

The morning of August 17th, was met with much excitement as the R/V Atlantis was scheduled to depart at 0830. The morning