Gulf of Alaska 2002: Exploring Alaska’s Seamounts Highlights

View colorful highlights of deep-sea marine life from the Gulf of Alaska, including fan corals, vase sponges, basket stars and squid. This video comes from a 2002 NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration mission to study unexplored seamounts in the Gulf of Alaska. Thirteen dives were made in the titanium-hulled submersible Alvin to collect this fascinating video from more than 3000 feet below the surface of the sea. Video courtesy of Peter Etnoyer, WHOI, NOAA, the Alvin Group, and the 2002 Gulf of Alaska expediti