A Global Mission

The Ocean Census is a global mission to discover, document and share the diversity of life in our ocean — before it’s lost.

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Flagship

These are the central, large-scale research missions of the Ocean Census Alliance, aimed at exploring and documenting marine biodiversity in the least studied and most remote areas of the ocean.

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JAMSTEC Shinkai

The JAMSTEC Shinkai expedition is a 20-day research mission in collaboration with Japanese Agency of Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)

23/05/25

South Sandwich Islands

The Ocean Census South Sandwich Islands Expedition is a 34-day long expedition in collaboration with Schmidt Ocean Institute.

20/02/25

Arctic Deep

The Ocean Census Arctic Deep Expedition was a 22-day long expedition in collaboration with UiT & REV Ocean.

03/05/24

Bounty Trough

The Ocean Census – Bounty Trough research cruise was a 21-day expedition and workshop exploring one of the most remote parts of the deep ocean.

08/02/24

Macaronesia

The Macaronesia Tenerife Submersible and Diver Expedition was a 21-day expedition in collaboration with Pisces VI submersible.

27/11/23
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