Cabled Observatories in the News

Cabled observatories ( Neptune, Mars, Venus, LEO-15, etc.) are appearing in
the news, e.g.,

Undersea observatory
SEATTLE, WA (2003-10-20) Plans are being prepared for an international
undersea observatory to study the seafloor off the Northwest coast of
Washington and Vancouver Island. As KPLU environment reporter Steve Krueger
explains, the automated facility would study earthquake faults, fisheries
and the potential for offshore oil drilling. 0:55
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=559160

University of Victoria: $62-Million Partnership to Revolutionize Ocean
Research
17 October 2003, 7:26pm ET
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA--The Honourable David Anderson, Minister of the
Environment, Premier Gordon Campbell, and Dr.
David Strangway, President and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation
(CFI), today announced $62.4 million in funding for
the NEPTUNE Canada Project. The CFI-B.C. funding investment will help the
University of Victoria (UVic) develop the world's largest cable-linked
seafloor observatory off North America's west coast.
http://finance.lycos.com/qc/news/story.aspx?story=36136150

World's largest undersea observatory to be created in B.C.
By DIRK MEISSNER
VICTORIA (CP) - The words revolutionary, momentous and envy were used Friday
to describe an underwater research project that puts Canada on the leading
edge of ocean research.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2003/10/17/228948-cp.html

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Neptune: http://www.neptune.washington.edu
Mars: http://www.mbari.org/mars/
Venus: http://www.venus.uvic.ca
LEO-15: http://marine.rutgers.edu/cool/LEO/LEO15.html





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