![New 'Science Class' ROV: Kraken2](About/Events/event0019/Images/title1.gif) |
Despite
frigid winds over 30 miles per hour, the National Undersea
Research Center at the University of Connecticut successfully
conducted sea trials of the Kraken2 (or K2) its new “science
class” remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in Long Island
Sound from October 28-31 2008.
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![The K2 ROV being recovered during sea trials (photo: F. Arzayus)](About/Events/event0019/Images/coverimage.gif) |
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Other
Stories: In
June, the NURC-NA&GL and the Connecticut Department of Environmental
Protection worked with the U.S. EPA that provided its Ocean
Survey Vessel to support a benthic habitat characterization
of the Stratford Shoals area. See
the full story... |
In
June, the NURC-NA&GL and the Connecticut Department of Environmental
Protection worked with the U.S. EPA that provided its Ocean
Survey Vessel to support a benthic habitat characterization
of the Stratford Shoals area. See
the full story... |
SPACE
INVADERS II, The Colonial Ascidians Strike Bake. Research continues
on the study of the invasive sea squirt Didemnum sp. in the
eastern region of the Long Island Sound. See
the full story... |
The
National Undersea Research Center and Stellwagen Bank National
Marine Sanctuary (SBNMS) conducted two 30 minute live broadcasts
from the shipwreck of the coal schooner Frank A. Palmer on 15
July 1006. See
the full story... |