Ask an Explorer

The following questions were received and answered by participants on this expedition.

Question from: Marilyn Bridgan, Teacher, Lakes High School, Washington State

What are the various types of data you are collecting?

Answer from: Emily McDonald, Onboard Web Coordinator, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER)

We are collecting data related to:

conductivity
groundwater
mapping the sinkhole
sediment composition and age
respiration in the sinkholes
microbiology of sinkholes

Question from: Marilyn Bridgan, Teacher, Lakes High School, Washington State

What is on the agenda for today and for the rest of the exploration?

Answer from: Emily McDonald, Web Coordinator, NOAA OER

More daily logs are on the way! Today and tomorrow we are weathered-in. Wednesday we will be out deploying more instrumentation. Thursday and Friday are dependent on weather, since this is Lake Huron in September.

Question from: Mitch

Which vehicles are being deployed in this mission?

Answer from: Emily McDonald, Web Coordinator, NOAA OER

The vehicle being used for this mission is the Phantom S2, a remotely operated vehicle from the University of Connecticut/National Undersea Research Program.

Question from: Mitch

At what operating depth is this investigation working?

Answer from: Emily McDonald, Web Coordinator, NOAA OER

The Isolated Sinkhole has a depth of 93 meters (305 feet).

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