Rescue Mission to Recover Ocean Exploration Trust’s ROVs | Nautilus Live

In deep sea exploration and research, teamwork and collaboration is essential to document and understand the most hidden depths of our planet. Last week, a different kind of joint effort was live streamed around the world as Ocean Exploration Trust — with assistance from many individuals and groups from the deep-sea community — worked to recover ROVs Hercules and Argus from the seafloor just one week after they became detached from the cable that connects them to E/V Nautilus. Over the course of 26 hours, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s ROV Jason team deployed their vehicle from the University of Washington’s R/V Thomas G. Thompson and were able to work with the team aboard Nautilus to safely rescue both vehicles. In this short recap video, go behind the scenes of these operations from the Nautilus’ control room and back deck and learn more about the complex rescue process from our team onboard. Our gratitude for the success of this operation goes out to the many partners and collaborators who contri