Approximate GPS Coordinates: 27.999305, -86.000085

VIRTUAL EXPLORATIONS > ARCHIVED EXPLORATIONS

Exploration Dates: July 20 to 24, 2015

Creep Into the Deep is a WhaleTimes, Inc. Virtual Research Mission, in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ocean Explorer and the Oceanscape Network. 

It is a virtual exploration designed to help young adults and teachers discover vision and bioluminescence on the floor of the deep sea. Join our amazing team of marinescientists as they study animals living on the Northern West Florida escarpment in the DeSoto Canyon, in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico.

WhaleTimes’ Creep into the Deep funded by NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, award number NA140AR0110264.

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Browse This Exploration:

Part 1: Welcome to Creep into the Deep | Part 2: First Days, Bioluminesence | Part 3: Meet the Giant Isopod | Part 4: ROV 101 | Part 5: Glass Sponges. Sea Lily and Amphipods | Part 6: Life on a Research Ship | Part 7: Let's Not Trash the Deep! | Part 8: Meet the Medusa: The Latest in Deep-sea Tech | Part 9: The Shrimp That Vomits Light | Part 10: Time to Say Goodbye, So Soon