There and back again: An oceanographer's approach to delving into -and returning from- the unknown.

Peter R Girguis, Harvard University, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Cambridge, MA, United States, Daniel Hoer, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States, Anna Michel, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Scott D Wankel, Harvard University, Woods Hole, United States, Norman Farr, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Clifford Pontbriand, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Nicole Raineault, Ocean Exploration Trust, Narragansett, RI, United States