Deep-sea expedition will revisit Pacific mining site five and a half years after test

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Oct 20, 2026, 5:40 am110 pts
During Oct. 2026, the research vessel SONNE set sail from San Diego into the Pacific Ocean for expedition SO322. Its destination: the Clarion-Clipperton Zone north of the equator—the area that harbors the largest known deposits of polymetallic nodules on the seafloor. Germany, among others, holds an…

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