Live stream of NOAA divers exploring WWII Japanese submarines near Pearl Harbor

The wreckage of the last of five Japanese midget subs sent to attack Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, was identified recently with the help of Hawai‘i scientists. Shown is the midsection and conning tower of the 80-foot-long, two-man vessel, believed scuttled in the aftermath of the attack. Photo courtesy of Parks Stephenson

The NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer will live stream an ROV dive on a Japanese sub just outside Pearl Harbor on December 7^th at 6:47 AM. As an Exploration Command Center (ECC) for the Okeanos Explorer SOEST will host the live stream and welcome the media and the public to view the event.

At HIG 131, media representatives will have an opportunity to talk with the shore-based scientist in-person including Chris Kelly and Terry Kerby, both with HURL; and Hans Van Tilburg and Toni Parras, both with NOAA.

To view the live stream from anywhere, go to http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/media/exstream/exstream.html on the morning of December 7. Live streaming will start at 6:30 a.m. HST (8:30 a.m. PST, 11:30 a.m. EST.)

During Okeanos Explorer missions, ECCs serve as a shore-based site wherein live streaming video from the ship and real-time communications allow shore-based scientists to interact with scientists on-board.