Underwater Robot to Stake Canada’s Arctic Claim

The Explorer, a Canadian-made autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) equipped with state-of-the-art sonar technology, is helping to map the Arctic seabed to help establish Canada’s Arctic sovereignty.
Underwater Robot to Stake Canada’s Arctic Claim
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<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/Explorer-Cropped_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/Explorer-Cropped_medium.jpg" alt="The Arctic Explorer, a robotic submarine designed and built by International Submarine Engineering Ltd. (ISE) of Port Coquitlam, B.C., is being used to map the sea floor underneath the Arctic ice shelf in support of Canadian land claims under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. (Courtesy of ISE)" title="The Arctic Explorer, a robotic submarine designed and built by International Submarine Engineering Ltd. (ISE) of Port Coquitlam, B.C., is being used to map the sea floor underneath the Arctic ice shelf in support of Canadian land claims under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. (Courtesy of ISE)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-103082"/></a>
The Arctic Explorer, a robotic submarine designed and built by International Submarine Engineering Ltd. (ISE) of Port Coquitlam, B.C., is being used to map the sea floor underneath the Arctic ice shelf in support of Canadian land claims under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. (Courtesy of ISE)
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