Press Release
Educator joins Neptune Canada Project: Wiring the Abyss Expanding the Boundaries of Ocean Exploration
Seattle, WA – May 10, 2013 – Martin Momsen, Educator for Houston High School in Houston, MN will be an Educator-at-Sea aboard the Research Vessel Thomas G. Thompson from June 9-June 26, as a part of the NEPTUNE Canada: Wiring the Abyss Project. Mr. Momsen has taught Life Science, Biology, Anatomy, Genetics, and Environmental Science at Houston for the past year.
NEPTUNE Canada, the world's first regional-scale cable observatory network, is located off the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The network, which extends across the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate, gathers live data from a rich array of instruments deployed in a broad spectrum of undersea environments. Data are transmitted via high-speed fiber optic communication from the seafloor to an innovative data archival system at the University of Victoria. This system provides free Internet access to an immense wealth of data, both live and archived through the life of the planned 25-year project.
The network allows people to "surf the seafloor", while ocean scientists run deep-water experiments from labs and universities anywhere around the world. Mr. Momsen is aboard the ship to help provide the most exciting content from the ship to shore via the shipboard communication "telepresence" technology. "Telepresence" will allow 24/7 live access to the ship along with the capability of the web audience to ask questions and interact with the crew aboard the Thompson.
The field season of the project is underway and can be followed at: http://www.oceannetworks.ca/cruise13/.
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CONGRATULATIONS HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL
U.S. News recently announced that Houston High School is rated as one of America's Best High Schools. To find out more, please click on the picture above.
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