A research facility at the University of Victoria is using new deep-sea droids to expand climate tracking in the northeast Pacific Ocean. Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) says five specialized data collecting tools, known as Argo floats, have been deployed to record conditions in the deepest parts of the northeast Pacific. Typically, an Argo float, which has a lifespan of four to five years, descends about two kilometres beneath the surface level for up to 10 days, then returns to the ocean surface to transmit data. It then dives back down again, repeating the process until it dies.