A scientist from the Minerals Management Service surveys the German U-boat U-701 during the Battle of the Atlantic Expedition Summer 2008 off the coast of North Carolina. The 2008 summer expedition was the first part of a larger multi-year project to research and document a number of historically significant shipwrecks tragically lost during WWII. The project is dedicated to raising awareness of the war that was fought so close to the American coastline and to preserving our nation's maritime history.

To learn more about preserving our maritime heritage in national marine sanctuaries, visit: <a href="http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/" rel="nofollow">Office of National Marine Sanctuaries</a> <a href="http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/podcast/may09/dd050609.mp3" rel="nofollow">What is a National Marine Sanctuary?</a>, (<a href="http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/podcast.html#dd" rel="nofollow">Diving Deeper audio podcast</a>) <a href="http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/podcast/feb09/mw022709.mp3" rel="nofollow">Sanctuary Added to the National Register of Historic Places</a>, (<a href="http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/podcast.html#mw" rel="nofollow">Making Waves audio podcast</a>)