The 2013 deep sea research and exploration cycle has wrapped-up. Once
again Rhode Island was at the forefront of oceanographic exploration
with Dr. Robert Ballard’s work at the Center of Ocean Exploration at
URI, and NOAA’s Okeanos home ported at Quonset Point. OSHEAN was pleased
to be a part of assisting in bringing these important scientific
endeavors from the sea bottom to classrooms and labs across our region
via our high speed dedicated fiber optic infrastructure. Teams from the
Exploration Vessel Nautilus and the Research Vessel Endeavor examined
the ecosystem-level response to oil while the Okeanos team focused on
the diversity and distribution of deep-sea habitats and marine life.
Research vessels generate an enormous amount of data that is fed up to a
satellite then to OSHEAN’s fiber-optic network which can take a real
time video of what is being done on a ship and beam it live into a
classroom or lab. Our direct fiber secured line is optimized for this
kind of traffic.