Surfacing secrets - Episode 1 - The Mavericks & visionaries of Ocean Networks Canada

In this inaugural episode of Surfacing Secrets, Balad’EAU and How to Protect the Ocean team up to tell the origin story of a world-leading ocean observatory network: Ocean Networks Canada (ONC). Host Lyne Morissette takes us back to the late 1990s, when a group of bold ocean scientists dreamed the impossible—real-time seafloor observatories that could transform how we understand our planet. Through captivating narration and exclusive interview excerpts conducted by Andrew Lewin, we meet the visionary pioneers behind this movement: Kate Moran, President & CEO of ONC and ocean engineer with a mission to illuminate the deep; John Delaney, oceanographer and early architect of cabled observatories; Benoit Pirenne, ONC’s Chief Scientist, who helped turn bold ideas into technical reality. This episode explores the roots of ONC, the early scientific breakthroughs, and the data-driven legacy that continues to protect communities, support global science, and spark ocean innovation.