2011 mission concludes joint seafloor survey operations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2011
USCG Healy and the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent. working together. (Credit: University of New Hampshire/NOAA)
A recent mission marked the completion of a five-year collaboration between the United States and Canada to survey the Arctic Ocean. The bilateral project collected scientific data to delineate the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the coastline, also known as the extended continental shelf (ECS).
