Topic Lecture:
Ocean Exploration
Georgetown Debate Seminar 2014
Maggie Berthiaume
What do you think of when you
think of “ocean”?
“Ocean Wallpapers,” http://w8themes.com/ocean-wallpapers/
“Hurricane Earl,” www.nws.noaa.gov
“Aircraft Carrier,” http://www.topvehiclephoto.com/aircraft-carrier-wallpaper-desktop/
What are we doing here?
“These Shoes Just Did It,” http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/oceanography_currents_2.html
The Social Construction of the Ocean,
Philip E. Steinberg
Questions About the Ocean
What is an ocean?
What is the historical role of the
Earth’s oceans?
What is the current role of the
Earth’s oceans?
Who owns the oceans?
(What does it mean to own an ocean, anyway?)
What are current global laws and
regulations about the oceans?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
ki/United_Nations_Conven
tion_on_the_Law_of_the_
Sea#mediaviewer/File:Zon
mar-en.svg
Trivia #1: What country has the
largest EEZ?
We’re #1! USA!
Trivia #2: What country has the
SECOND largest EEZ?
Wait, what?
FRANCE??
What are current US policies
about the oceans?
What does “exploration”
mean?
“Space the Final Frontier,” http://www.photoboats.com/Aircraft/Space/triple_terrest_space
_the_final_frontier_post_em_if_you_1280x1024_wallpaper_73991/download_1920x1440
Just how deep is the ocean,
anyway?
http://drodriguez8.tripod.com/webclass/WG/wg2-1.htm
What’s down there?
How do we explore the ocean
now?
Federal Oceanographic Fleet Status Report
“Orion,” http://www.upinthesky.nl/2014/06/mh370-grote-stap-naar-fase-2/
“CURV III,” http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23862359/
“Snorkeler discovers rare fish,” http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/10/16/snorkeler-discoversraregiantfishoffcaliforniacoast.html
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution HabCam, http://habcam.whoi.edu/gallery_view.pl
Josh London (NOAA), Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries Service
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/BUOY/
What are the US’s current research
& exploration priorities?
Why does the US or the Federal
Government have to explore it?
What parts of the USFG do ocean
exploration? Who are their
partners?
What is the Federal Oceanographic
Fleet?
What exploration does it do?