Exultation is the going of an inland soul to the sea,
Past the houses- past the headlands - into deep eternity-
Bred as we, among mountains, can the sailor understand
The divine intoxication of the first league out from land?
— Emily Dickinson
Sunday, October 16–Friday, November 4, 2005
During their 20-day mission, Life on the Edge 2005 researchers and educators from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington,
the US Geological Survey, the National Marine Service Systematics Lab,
and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences collected data and specimens from the Gulf Stream
and the edge of the continental shelf.
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences has been involved with Life on the Edge
missions since 2002. You can review information collected during these missions by visiting the following archives:
