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NWHI Benthic Habitat Mapping, Maritime Archaeology, and Education Expedition, June-July 2006

Subject Index

Photo Gallery

Mission Overview and Objectives

Maritime Archaeology

Education and Outreach:
Expanding Understanding and Awareness of the NWHI

The NOAA ship Hi`ialakai (“embracing the pathways of the sea”) departed for a 28-day voyage to the farthest reaches of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands on June 23, 2006. This multidisciplinary research expedition included a benthic habitat mapping team, maritime archaeologists, and interpretation of this research through education and outreach specialists. The Hi’ialakai's previous expedition took the team to French Frigate Shoals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and Johnston Atoll to complete work related to ecosystem connectivity, apex predator tagging and movement studies, and coral reef health assessment. On June 23, the research vessel set sail with 20 scientists and educators in order to conduct further studies at Kure Atoll, the northernmost atoll in the Hawaiian Islands Archipelago, and at Pearl and Hermes Atoll. The multi-disciplinary research team returned to Honolulu on July 20, 2006.

Claire Johnson, NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program
Journal - Days 1-4, Research Preparations While in Transit

Ron Salz, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Journal - Day 4, A GIS Perspective

Paulo Maurin, University of Hawaii and
Dena Deck, Alumni NOAA Teacher-at-Sea,
Bellflower Unified School District Teacher
Journal - Days 5-6, Trilateration in Maritime Archaeology

Patricia Greene, NOAA Teacher at Sea and
Ellyn Tong, Hawai`i Audubon Society
Journal - Day 7, Arrival at Kure Atoll

Claire Johnson, NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program
Journal - Day 9, Counting Fish in the New Marine National Monument

Ellyn Tong, Hawai`i Audubon Society
Journal - Day 9, Fish Comparisons Between the Main Hawaiian Islands and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Paulo Maurin, University of Hawaii
Journal - Day 9, Putting Together a Jigsaw Puzzle: Marine Archaeology in Action

Paulo Maurin, University of Hawaii
Journal - Day 10, Experiences at the Edge of the Universe

Ellyn Tong, Hawai`i Audubon Society
Journal - Day 11, A Hawaiian Monk Seal Named KHOO

Dena Deck, Alumni NOAA Teacher-at-Sea,
Bellflower Unified School District Teacher
Journal - Day 12, Legs of Steel...Bird Banding on Green Island

Paulo Maurin, University of Hawaii
Journal - Day 15, March of the Albatross--In the Remotest Place on Earth, Love Finds the Way

Patricia Greene, NOAA Teacher at Sea
Journal - Day 15, Death of a Laysan Albatross Chick

Claire Johnson, NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program
Journal - Day 16, Underwater Village

Patricia Greene, NOAA Teacher at Sea
Journal - Day 17, Researching the Hawaiian Monk Seal on Kure

Paulo Maurin, University of Hawaii
Journal - Day 18, The Kahala as an `Aumakua?

Paulo Maurin, University of Hawaii and
Dena Deck, Bellflower Unified School District, California
In collaboration with John Rooney, NOAA Fisheries Coral Reef Ecosystem Division and Principal Investigator
Journal - Day 21, Painting the Seafloor: How and Why We Map

Paulo Maurin, University of Hawaii
In collaboration with Dena Deck, Bellflower Unified School District, California
In consultation with Dr. Hans Van Tilburg, NOAA National Marine Sanctuary’s Maritime Heritage Program
Journal - Day 22, The Dunnottar Castle – A Brand-New Discovery on the NWHI

Paulo Maurin, University of Hawaii and
Dena Deck, Bellflower Unified School District, California
In Collaboration with Joe Chojnacki, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
Journal - Day 22, The Rosetta Stone of Mapping

Patricia Greene, NOAA Teacher at Sea
Journal - Day 23, A History of Man’s Impact and Exploitation; the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Ellyn Tong, Hawai`i Audubon Society
Journal - Day 24, Initial REEF Survey Results on Kure Atoll and Pearl and Hermes Atoll

Patricia Greene, NOAA Teacher at Sea
Journal - Day 24, Spinner Dolphins in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Patricia Greene, NOAA Teacher at Sea
Journal - Day 25, Coral Predators of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Patricia Greene, NOAA Teacher at Sea
Journal - Day 26, Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles

Paulo Maurin, University of Hawaii and
Dena Deck, Bellflower Unified School District, California
With the help of Kyle Hogrefe, NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Division
Journal - Day 26, A Comb in the Pacific - Marine Debris Collection Efforts in the NWHI

Paulo Maurin, University of Hawaii and
Ellyn Tong, Hawai`i Audubon Society
Journal - Day 27, Tips and Rays--Elasmobranchs at Pearl and Hermes Atoll