Trans-Atlantic mapping survey

The first trans-Atlantic mapping survey to be carried out under a €70m cooperative research programme jointly convened by the EU, Canada and the US as part of Horizon 2020, the largest-ever EU research and innovation project, is currently being completed by a multi-national team of ocean survey experts aboard the Irish Marine Institute’s research vessel, Celtic Explorer.

The first trans-Atlantic mapping survey to be carried out under a €70m cooperative research programme jointly convened by the EU, Canada and the US as part of Horizon 2020, the largest-ever EU research and innovation project, is currently being completed by a multi-national team of ocean survey experts aboard the Irish Marine Institute’s research vessel, Celtic Explorer.