E/V Nautilus in Western Mediterranean Sea, 2011
AUSTIN, Texas — Explorer Robert Ballard, who discovered the wreck of the R.M.S. Titanic in 1985, is partnering with scientists from The University of Texas at Austin and other institutions to webcast a live scientific expedition to the eastern Mediterranean Nov. People around the world will be able to view live video feeds and submit questions 24 hours a day, seven days a week as the scientists use remotely operated vehicles to map the seafloor, study underwater volcanoes, investigate unusual life forms, explore shipwrecks and more. Jamie Austin , senior research scientist at The University of Texas at Austin's Institute for Geophysics , will serve as co-chief scientist of the expedition aboard the ship E/V Nautilus. Austin was co-chief scientist during a 2010 Nautilus voyage that discovered dense populations of deep-water coral, crabs, shrimp and fish off the coast of Israel. The upcoming expedition will further explore the region, which some Israelis are now lobbying to have designated a unique deep-water marine sanctuary. Ballard, president of the Institute for Exploration at the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut, started Nautilus Live to get middle and high school students excited about science and ocean exploration by showing them real scientists and educators doing real work at sea.
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