Mark, Evan & Darin at Porteau Cove
Other than our instructor taking a jellyfish sting to his face, this was a great day of diving. Evan & I now have our drysuit specialty certification. Thanks Mark, Ken & Stuart of Ocean Quest Dive Centre in Burnaby!!
Porteau Cove, August 27, 2013
Other than our instructor taking a jellyfish sting to his face, this was a great day of diving. Evan & I now have our drysuit specialty certification. Thanks Mark, Ken & Stuart of Ocean Quest Dive Centre in Burnaby!!
OFG supports successful project combining AUV and USV mothership - Short Version
Ocean Floor Geophysics Inc. (OFG) works with the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE GEBCO-NF Alumni Team to advance the state of the art in autonomous seafloor survey through operations support, expertise, and OFG’s HUGIN Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Chercheur.
Burnaby, BC, Canada – January 25, 2018
The GEBCO-NF Alumni Team has completed the Technology Readiness Tests of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE using a combined Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) and Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) system. The goal of the XPRIZE challenge is to advance ocean technologies for rapid, unmanned and high-resolution ocean exploration and discovery.
This is a world first using the Hugin AUV and a USV mothership for autonomous launch, synchronized autonomous AUV survey operations, and recovery of the AUV back in to the USV. The project demonstrated that combined AUV and USV systems are a viable option for future offshore survey and inspection projects.
The Team chose to work together with OFG to integrate the HUGIN AUV Chercheur, in to the system. Chercheur is an industry-leading survey and pipeline inspection AUV equipped with a multibeam, camera, sub-bottom profiler, OFG Self Compensating Magnetometer (SCM), water chemistry sensors, and the HISAS 1032, a deep-water interferometric synthetic aperture sonar, that was used to collect bathymetric and imagery data for this project.
The USV SEA-KIT Maxlimer was designed by Hushcraft Ltd to act as a surface support vessel for the AUV, including the capacity to launch and recover the AUV and to provide subsea communications and positioning. SEA-KIT is a rugged, impact-safe and self-righting USV that can carry a deployable and retrievable payload of up to 2.5 tons. It has passive motion damping, a stable single-compartment flooding system and a self-deploying and stowing sea anchor to ease and ensure safe operations. The autonomous capabilities of the USV were provided by the K-Mate controller developed by Kongsberg Maritime and the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI).
In addition to the development of the AUV and USV systems used for data acquisition, the Team developed a complete data processing workflow using Teledyne CARIS and ESRI software allowing all the data products to be delivered within 24 hours. The workflow developed was highly automated from data download to delivery of a complete ArcGIS database of the entire survey area, including HiSAS imagery at 4 cm resolution, multibeam bathymetry, interferometric bathymetry and areas of interest reprocessed HiSAS imagery at 2 cm resolution.
Autonomous seafloor surveys, with an autonomous AUV launch, semi-autonomous AUV recovery (human-in-the-loop) and with the USV autonomously tracking the AUV for a complete survey mission while being monitored from a remote shore station, were demonstrated to be a viable option for future offshore survey and inspection projects. The technology, processes and procedures developed for this project are a big step towards larger scale implementation of these concepts.
To learn more about OFG’s AUV capabilities, or to discuss other marine electromagnetic (EM), magnetic and seafloor mineral exploration services, contact Matthew Kowalczyk at +1-778-654-7781 or by email at info@oceanfloorgeophysics.com or visit the website at oceanfloorgeophysics.com
Ocean Floor Geophysics Inc. (OFG) is a marine geophysics company that provides data acquisition and analysis services that were previously unavailable by combining specialised expertise in subsea operations, sensor design and sensor integration with geophysical technologies beyond the scope of traditional marine geophysical surveys. These include the OFG AUV integrated Cathodic Protection (iCP) system, marine magnetics, EM, and CSEM/MT, deployed by ROV, AUV and deep tow systems. OFG is an advanced user of powerful 2D and 3D EM and magnetic forward modelling and inversion software. This range of technologies and experience allows OFG to support clients from survey design through to data integration and analysis. OFG will provide you with a new perspective on survey and inspection and deliver the data you need to make informed decisions for your projects.
2015-07-11 BC Air Ambulance Sea To Sky
2015-07-11 BC Air Ambulance taking off from the Sea To Sky highway
Plastic oceans: a true global emergency | Craig Leeson | TEDxPitic
Craig Leeson and his team spent four years and visited more than 20 locations to research and understand the size of the plastic crisis in the oceans around the world. Their findings are disheartening, at the very least.
Luckily, there's a way to turn this around but it will take a huge, worldwide effort to do it with enough time to rescue entire maritime species and ecosystems. Crig Leeson is an award-winning journalist, television presenter and filmmaker. His debut cinematic feature film, “A Plastic Ocean”, which he wrote and directed was ranked number one documentary on iTunes in the U.S., the U.K., and Canada This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
Canada Votes 2019: Election Night Special
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ASMR 360 VR on the beach - Nanaimo Beach Ocean Sounds at Pipers Lagoon in 360° VR 5K Relaxation
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