deep-sea

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or taking place in the deeper parts of the sea: deep-sea exploration.

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  • The divers working off the Mirchink had been flown, immediately after the shootdown, by helicopter from their deep-sea assignment off the shores of Murmansk on the Kola Peninsula in northwest Russia and then by transport to the port of Kholmsk on the island of Sakhalin for their "Flight 007" assignment. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • And it is perhaps just as appropriate that at a dock in Ballard, a historically Norwegian neighborhood, shipyard craftsmen have been dramatically refitting a 183-foot research vessel formerly operated by aquatic explorer Jacques Cousteau into a newly refurbished private ship uniquely equipped for deep-sea exploration. —  Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News
  • They've worked with BBC, Discovery and "Titanic" director James Cameron as well as scientists studying deep-sea volcanoes. —  Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News
  • The plan is to use deep-sea sonar to try to find the plane that was carrying Amundsen, a floating craft known as the "Latham 47" that the explorer and a team of French pilots set out in June 18, 1928. —  Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News
  • What do tigers in India, chameleons in Madagascar, redwood trees in California, and tube worms living in deep-sea hydrothermal vents have in common? —  Mongabay.com News
 

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