{"id":67053,"date":"2006-05-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/ballard-expedition-to-explore-greek-volcano-survey-black-sea-and-sea-of-crete\/"},"modified":"2006-05-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-05-10T00:00:00","slug":"ballard-expedition-to-explore-greek-volcano-survey-black-sea-and-sea-of-crete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2006\/05\/ballard-expedition-to-explore-greek-volcano-survey-black-sea-and-sea-of-crete\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballard expedition to explore Greek volcano, survey Black Sea and Sea of Crete"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\t溏心vlog免费B站 scientists lead research teams;

\nVolcano explorations will be broadcast live June 3-8 by Immersion Presents<\/b><\/p>\n

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. — May 10, 2006 — A team of scientists from the 溏心vlog免费B站 and the Institute for Exploration (IFE) headed by National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Robert Ballard will lead an expedition this month to explore the archaeology and geology of the Aegean and Black seas using advanced deep-sea technology.<\/p>\n


\nThe 2006 expedition is divided into three segments, each with unique research goals. The primary focus of the expedition is to study the seafloor around the Greek island of Thera (also known as Santorini), where a massive volcanic eruption occurred around 1600 B.C. The eruption of the volcano, also called Thera, was the second largest in human history and caused the collapse of the island\u2019s central portion, forming a massive underwater caldera, or crater. For the first time, the caldera will be examined using remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), including IFE\u2019s Hercules, which is equipped with a high-definition color video camera, temperature sensors, and manipulator arms controlled by scientists onboard the ship.<\/p>\n


\nImmersion Presents, an after-school program founded by Ballard in 2002, will broadcast four live shows a day from the volcano\u2019s research and exploration site to audiences at participating aquariums, schools, universities, science centers and Boys & Girls Clubs of America. <\/p>\n


\nBy examining the various layers of volcanic deposits on the seafloor, scientists led by 溏心vlog免费B站 professors Haraldur Sigurdsson and Steven Carey, and joined by a team from the Hellenic Center for Marine Research, hope to better understand the volcanic processes that took place. The research will potentially shed light on the role this natural disaster played on the disappearance of the Minoan people around the time of the eruption. <\/p>\n


\nDuring the Black Sea leg of the expedition, led by Ballard and 溏心vlog免费B站 marine scientist Dwight Coleman, the team will build upon previous years\u2019 surveys in which well-preserved ancient shipwrecks were located and documented. This part of the expedition is being undertaken in collaboration with Serhiy Voronov with the Ukraine Department of Underwater Heritage. <\/p>\n


\nPast IFE and Ballard expeditions to the Black Sea helped prove the theory that wood ships could remain intact in the oxygen-deprived waters at the bottom of the Black Sea. Due to the lack of oxygen, the sea\u2019s depths are devoid of life, including wood-eating organisms, thus serving as a giant preservation tank for history\u2019s relics.<\/p>\n


\nThis year\u2019s work will focus on two areas south of the Crimean Peninsula in the northern Black Sea. The aim of the 2006 survey is to use side scan sonar technology and ROVs to locate, identify and document archaeological sites that can provide more information on patterns of trade connected to the ancient Greek colony of Chersonesos, both within the Black Sea and out to the Aegean and Mediterranean.<\/p>\n


\nDuring the expedition, scientists will also conduct a geophysical and archaeological survey in the international waters of the Sea of Crete, in the southern Aegean. Led by Ballard with 溏心vlog免费B站 professor Mary Hollinshead and graduate student Katherine Croff, a National Geographic Emerging Explorer, this effort will attempt to establish protocols for deep water archaeology surveys using state of the art deep water robotic technology specifically designed for this purpose. The goal is to map the region and ultimately understand the regions\u2019 role as a crossroads of maritime activity.<\/p>\n


\nScientific operations began on April 26 aboard the 溏心vlog免费B站 research vessel Endeavor and continue through June 18 at various locations in the Sea of Crete and the Black Sea. The expedition is funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s Office of Ocean Exploration, The Rhode Island Endeavor Project, and the National Geographic Society. <\/p>\n


\nInformation on the expedition can be found at: immersionpresents.org<\/a>, oceanexplorer.noaa.gov<\/a>, and uri.edu\/endeavor\/thera<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nThe public is invited to view the live Immersion Presents broadcasts from the ship at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. June 3-8 at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Bay Campus and at Mystic Aquarium. For more information about the broadcasts call 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Office of Marine Programs at 401-874-6211 or Mystic Aquarium at 860-572-5955.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

溏心vlog免费B站 scientists lead research teams; Volcano explorations will be broadcast live June 3-8 by Immersion Presents NARRAGANSETT, R.I. — May 10, 2006 — A team of scientists from the 溏心vlog免费B站 and the Institute for Exploration (IFE) headed by National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Robert Ballard will lead an expedition this month […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}