The haka is the traditional dance form of the Maori of New Zealand. Dances may contain stamping of the feet, slapping of the thighs, pounding…
View More TGIF: Maori War DanceMonth: September 2009
Nautical Phrase/Term Wednesday: Freeze the B@!!$ Off A Brass Monkey
A special one for Kevin Z’s time aboard a tall ship… On ships, cannon balls were sometimes stacked in what was called a monkey, usually…
View More Nautical Phrase/Term Wednesday: Freeze the B@!!$ Off A Brass MonkeyOhh! Ocean Fertilzation Snap!
From Nature Adding iron to the ocean is not an effective way to fight climate change, and we don’t need further research to establish that,…
View More Ohh! Ocean Fertilzation Snap!Sand Shack For Your Flippy Floppy Needs
The Sand Shack is an environmentally friendly brand of apparel and accessories founded in Cape Cod. The company was started by Brian Lintonin 2006. After…
View More Sand Shack For Your Flippy Floppy NeedsKevin Z…21st Century Darwin
Duke News and Communications just put up a press release about the Beagle Project! “In an inspiring mix of 19th and 21st Century technologies, a…
View More Kevin Z…21st Century DarwinGreenpeace Intercepts Tuna Trawler – Doin’ it Right
In the how to achieve conservation goals and police international waters within the bounds of international law and without harming the life of a ship’s…
View More Greenpeace Intercepts Tuna Trawler – Doin’ it RightAnd speaking of autonomous underwater robots…
how about this little gem from (video) the US Office of Naval Research. ONR recently conducted tests with a developmental ship hull grooming robot, called…
View More And speaking of autonomous underwater robots…Benthic Rover, Benthic Rover
Send that data right over. The absolute coolest gadget to hit deep-sea science is is the Benthic Rover, the deep-sea equivalent of the Spirit and…
View More Benthic Rover, Benthic RoverJust Flip ’em
The Ecological Research & Development Group (ERDG), a non-profit wildlife conservation organization founded in 1995 with the primary focus conserving the four remaining horseshoe crab…
View More Just Flip ’emVideo Feed Live From 30 Meters
It has been a long year waiting to announce this. Last year Dr. Adrian Glover, long time DSN fan from the Natural History Museum in…
View More Video Feed Live From 30 Meters