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www.sea-technology.com November 2016 / st 53 European market by the company in its role as exclusive representative of Se- quoia Scientific products in the Nordic countries and Germany. Esri Now a Partner In Shell XPRIZE Esri has partnered in the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. The new partnership will help accelerate inno- vative surveys of the ocean. Esri will donate its ArcGIS Online platform to support the $7 million XPRIZE compe- tition. Teams will compete to develop fast, autonomous deep-sea technolo- gies that can map the seafloor at high resolutions. Competing teams will submit their maps using Esri ArcGIS Online to ensure all participants are judged from a consistent technology platform. NOAA will award a $1 mil- lion bonus prize to incentivize teams to develop complementary underwater sensing technology that can detect and track a biological or chemical signal to its source. Sensor Testing for EU Biogeochemical Project CTG's Dr. John Attridge (technical director) and Dr. Cathy Rushworth Cur- ran (senior scientist) were at the GEO- MAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel, Germany, to test and integrate the sensors developed under the SenseOCEAN EU FP7-funded proj- ect. This was the first time the sensors were incorporated onto the common communications interface developed under SenseOCEAN and led by CTG; a major step toward developing the in- tegrated multisensor suite. The project aims to advance the ability to measure crucial biogeo- chemical parameters, including nutri- ents, micronutrients, the oceanic car- bonate system, oxygen, nitrous oxide and chlorophyll, at high precision and accuracy. The project brings together 12 European partners from academia and industry. Funding for Underwater Holographic Imaging FAU Harbor Branch scientists are creating technology that will allow them to view in 3D the millions of mi- croscopic creatures and particles that populate bodies of water, including the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), thanks to funding provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). FAU Harbor Branch research pro- fessor Dr. Jim Sullivan is the principal investigator on the project and was recently awarded a multiyear grant worth nearly $900,000 from the NSF to pursue work on an underwater holo- graphic imaging system for long-term studies of marine particles, both in the ocean and in the IRL. The research could help local sci- entists better understand such topics as harmful algal blooms, spawning and recruitment of fish/coral/shellfish, biophysical interactions, sediment dy- namics and a host of other issues rel- evant to IRL research. Wreck of HMS Terror Confirmed in Terror Bay Parks Canada's Underwater Archae- ology Team confirmed that the wreck located in Terror Bay in Nunavut is that of HMS Terror, the second ship of the ill-fated 1845 Franklin Expedition to find the Northwest Passage. The validation was based on a side sonar scan survey and three dives on the wreck. ST & LINEAR For mor building amplifiers to drive reactive loads. Model S16-20 A A 20% duty 35 x 31.5 x 35.5 inches; 985 lbs. isit our .instrumentsinc.com 7263 Engineer Rd., San Diego, CA 92111-1493 (858) 571-1111 FAX (858) 571-0188 info@instrumentsinc.com Copyright 2016