Research Vessel Cape Hatteras leaves BeaufortThe Duke Marine Laboratory and the Duke University-University of North Carolina Oceanographic Consortium operate the Research Vessel Cape Hatteras, a 135-foot-long owned by the National Science Foundation.
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The crew plans to stop in Gulfport, Miss., to pick up researchers from various universities and spend several days on the Gulf studying the methane in the water from the spill and compare the findings to earlier studies.
