# Ocean Archive — Underwater images, film and ocean data

URL: https://oceanarchive.net/

Ocean Archive collects, curates and protects underwater documentation - historical and contemporary - for science, education and ocean literacy today, and for the future.

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## A FUTURE-PROOF RECORD OF THE OCEAN

Ocean Archive collects, curates and protects underwater documentation - historical and contemporary - for science, education and ocean literacy today, and for the future.

OCEAN ARCHIVE

Images, videos and scientific documents.

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FROM THE COLLECTIONS

### GLIMPSES FROM THE ARCHIVE

A selection of images donated by photographers, scientists and families whose work now lives in Ocean Archive.

KENT HULT

Divers entering the water during the survey of swedish war ship Kronan

BENGT BÖRJESON

Marine studies in Eilat, Israel during a deep sea expedition

1962 during the filming of "Villervalle in the South Seas"

Portrait of Anders Franzén

KJELL ANDERSSON

Environmental studies between 1992 to 1994

Boliden's gypsum discharge in Öresund, in the early 1980s

Standing canon at Kronan ship site

Anders Franzén standing next to the Vasa ship, 1980

Walrus in Spitsbergen 1970s

Archeology in Greece 1978

BY THE NUMBERS

### ARCHIVE PROGRESS

FILES IN PROCESS

MANUALLY SCANNED ITEMS

HOURS OF FILM PROCESSED

SCANNED PHOTOS

OUR MISSION

### PRESERVING OCEAN STORIES FOR THE FUTURE

Ocean Archive is a pioneering initiative dedicated to carefully collecting, curating, and protecting various historical and contemporary images, videos, and datasets associated with underwater photography and oceanography.

This unique and vital undertaking plays a crucial role in safeguarding invaluable information about the ocean, ensuring that it is not lost to time and remains readily accessible for future generations, researchers, and ocean enthusiasts.

BUILDING OCEAN ARCHIVE

### LATEST

![Kjell Andersson – A Lifetime of Making the Sea Visible](https://oceanarchive.net/__l5e/assets-v1/25b7296b-7047-47e1-86eb-3daccd6180f9/kjell-hero.jpg)

DONATIONS

#### KJELL ANDERSSON – A LIFETIME OF MAKING THE SEA VISIBLE

For more than half a century, diver, research engineer and environmental advocate Kjell Andersson has worked to reveal a world that most people never see.

![Lifetime Photography Collection from Kent Hult](https://oceanarchive.net/__l5e/assets-v1/69b767bd-105b-4458-84bd-f53290dd201a/hult-IMG_2479.jpg)

##### Lifetime Photography Collection from Kent Hult

![Tony Holm Donates a Lifetime Beneath the Surface](https://oceanarchive.net/__l5e/assets-v1/de291e3a-51cc-43e4-801d-6eb4dd5ea008/tony-holm-portrait-with-camera-housing.jpg)

##### Tony Holm Donates a Lifetime Beneath the Surface

![Donation from marine ecologist Hans Kautsky](https://oceanarchive.net/__l5e/assets-v1/96bccbf5-cdf2-4165-a57e-c6ea9fb99fc1/kautsky-slides-envelope.jpg)

##### Donation from marine ecologist Hans Kautsky

![Historic Donation from the Legacy of Swedish Diving Pioneer Bengt Börjeson](https://oceanarchive.net/__l5e/assets-v1/3869a7d4-b55a-4fc6-be82-e1c525aef496/bengt-borjeson-hero.jpg)

##### Historic Donation from the Legacy of Swedish Diving Pioneer Bengt Börjeson