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Maritime Heritage in America’s Inland Seas: A Multi-Tiered Autonomous Vehicle-Based Survey of Two Proposed Great Lakes National Marine Sanctuaries

Source: NOAA Ocean Exploration. (2025). 2021 Great Lakes Expedition: Final Report. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Originally published by NOAA Ocean Exploration – July 6, 2022 From July 28 to August 20, 2021, an interdisciplinary team of researchers led by NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries searched for maritime heritage resources in Lakes Michigan and Ontario using a suite of crewed and uncrewed (autonomous) systems. The Great Lakes provide a natural […]

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2025 Underwater Explosive Ordinance Report

Source: Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)

Underwater Explosive Ordnance This publication offers an overview of international underwater explosive ordnance (EO) contamination, highlighting its impact, current management strategies and key challenges. Through literature review, data-driven analysis, and case-study evaluations, the study provides valuable qualitative insights and reveals key quantitative trends in underwater EO contamination. Serving as an initial knowledge base, this research […]

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2016 Guide To Survey and Clearance of Underwater Explosive Ordnance

Source: Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)

A Guide to Survey and Clearance of Underwater Explosive Ordnance This guide focuses on providing a collection of current policy and best practices used in survey and clearance of underwater explosive ordnance. Specific cases are used; they provide examples and analysis. It is not intended to be a comprehensive database of policies and practices; it […]

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Sea Trial Report: Synapse 4-Magnetometer Array

Report summary Goal: A boat-towed survey to test the Synapse Magnetometer Array System feature set, survey experience, and performance. Sea Trial Date: Spring, 2023 Location: Gurnard Bay, The Solent, UK for its relatively flat bottom, and average depth of 20m. Tow Vessel: 12-meter-long, equipped for nearshore geophysical survey with state-of-the-art instrumentation (auto-pilot, MultiBeam Echo sounder (MBES) and Differential GPS). […]

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Teledyne Gavia integrates Marine Magnetics’ Explorer Magnetometer with the Gavia AUV

​Reykjavik, Iceland, April, 2018: Teledyne Gavia, manufacturer of the Gavia Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), announces the integration of Marine Magnetics’ Explorer AUV magnetometer. Underwater survey work is frequently carried out using autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). The benefits of using AUVs are that they are programmed to carry out missions without intervention, can fly at consistent […]

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