Sentences with phrase «research cruise under»

An American nuclear submarine will carry six civilian scientists on a 42 - day research cruise under the Arctic ice pack this summer.

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Scientists at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration received approval from the National Security Council for a joint research cruise last month to sample the Bering Strait under a long - term monitoring project called RUSALCA.

By 1998, the population was estimated to have increased to 2,280 (95 % CL, 1,160 — 4,500), based on sighting surveys conducted under the auspices of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) during the International Decade of Cetacean Research and Southern Ocean Whale and Ecosystem research cruises (IDCR / SOResearch and Southern Ocean Whale and Ecosystem research cruises (IDCR / SOresearch cruises (IDCR / SOWER)[5].

Here, we describe mtDNA control region diversity and geographic differentiation in the surviving population of the Antarctic blue whale, using 218 biopsy samples collected under the auspices of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) during research cruises from 1990 — 2009.