Southern Cross LLC - Research Vessel, Research Vessel, Arctic Alaska

About Us

Serving the Arctic's Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, and Alaskan Coastal Areas and Rivers.

GETTING YOUR MISSION ACCOMPLISHED WITH HIGH SPEED, LONG-RANGE CAPABILITY AND SHALLOW-DRAFT PERFORMANCE

WHERE WE WORK

In a constantly changing Arctic environment, there's only one operation with over 35 years behind them.

From Point Lay, Alaska to Amundsen Gulf and the Northwest Territories, we have the knowledge and experience to get you where you need to go.

Areas Include:

Wainwright Inlet
Peard Bay
Elson Lagoon
Admiralty Bay/Meade River
Smith Bay
Harrison Bay/Colville Delta
Greater Prudhoe Bay Area
Kaktovik
Mackenzie Delta & Tuktoyaktuk
Off-shore to 50+ nautical miles.
Alaskan Coastal Areas and Rivers.

WHAT WE SUPPORT

Oceanographic studies using: CTD, ADCP, towed instruments (ACROBAT). Deployment and recovery of instrument moorings, buoys, and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV)

Environmental studies using nets including: trawls, ring nets, and beach seines; bottom grabs, SCUBA diving, deployment of aerostats and weather balloons. Drop and vibracore sampling

Geophysical and seismic surveys using side-scan sonar, multi-beam sonar, CHIRP. Sub-bottom profiling, shallow hazard surveys

Vessel support for remote on-shore sites and film production

Support for oil and gas exploration, development, and production