Bathyscaphe Trieste I asked, “What were the events that lead to you to dive the Marianas Trench?” Don Walsh one of two men to first visit the deepest point of the world’s ocean and one of only three to succeed at this responded quickly. “I found myself there for all the wrong reasons.” Don Walsh . . . → Read More: I Am Science with the First Man to Dive Challenger Deep
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By Dr. M, on  June 19th, 2012  4 comments  Expeditions, Gadgets & Gear, Life At Sea, Scientist!, Social Sciences, Vessels and Equipment  Challenger Deep, Don Walsh, marianas trench, submersible, Trieste, US Navy By Dr. M, on June 11th, 2012 3 comments Art, Conservation & Environment, Editor's Desk, Social Sciences Art, beach, Blue Planet, Capitol Hill Ocean Week, color, conservation, Crafts, culture, decorating, Environmental Sciences, Etsy, fashion, Google Search, Jacques Cousteau, Justin Bieber, life aquatic, LOL Cat, Meme, movies, pop culture, Tattoo, twitter The following post is write up of the talk I delivered last week at Capitol Hill Ocean Week Gavelston Bay When we see images like the above it is hard to believe the ocean inspires us. In one of the most striking examples of our connection to the oceans, if humans, any number of us, . . . → Read More: Making The Connection: The Oceans In Contemporary American Culture
By Dr. M, on May 20th, 2012 6 comments Art, New Species, Organisms, Scientist! Hoff Crab, Tattoo, yeti crab Remember the Hoff Crab? You bet your bippy you do. You can thank Nicolai Roterman for that. Nicolai, a hydrothermal vent biologist and a member of the expedition that found this hairy crab, coined the name Hoff Crab while still on board. To commemorate this very special event Nicolai’s sister watercolored the specimen caught on . . . → Read More: Hoff Crab + Tattoo = Awesomsauce
Happy Sunday, everyone. Music by Parry Gripp, via Metafilter. By Miriam Goldstein, on April 16th, 2012 7 comments Social Sciences Age of Sail, history, shipping, tall ship Ben Schmidt made this wonderful visualization of shipping from 1750-1850 using ship log data. (H/T Metafilter). It’s long, but worth watching. You can see the infamous Triangle Trade, the effect of the American Revolutionary War, the rise of British colonial sea power, and more. This is a must-see for any fan of Patrick O’Brian’s Master . . . → Read More: One hundred years of shipping: 1750 to 1850
xkcd yesterday brought one of the spectacular pieces of illustration ever seen on the internet, Lakes and Oceans. This glorious piece of art features depths of the world’s lakes and oceans as well as the homes of David Bowie and Freddy Mercury. Some of the xkcd illustrations and cartoons make it too posters. Well . . . → Read More: Must Own a Poster of This
By Miriam Goldstein, on March 4th, 2012 One comment Music invertebrates, Music Video, spineless, The Internauts Fantastic new INVERTEBRATE POWER anthem from UK band the Internauts. H/t @daumari. By Miriam Goldstein, on January 26th, 2012 4 comments Nautical Terms and Phrases Age of Sail, rigging, sails, tall ship An absolutely charming video that explains the different rigs of tall ships. (Thanks Rachel W!) By Dr. M, on January 17th, 2012 Leave a comment Social Sciences, Vessels and Equipment Photography, ship wreck, underwater photography 7. Russian Wreck, South Egyptian Red Sea Known simply as the “Russian Wreck”, this sunken ship is thought by some to have been the Khanka, a Russian spy ship that sank sometime before 1982. Whether or not it is the carcass of the Khanka, most seem to agree that it was a communications and . . . → Read More: 10 Most Incredible Sunken Ships on Earth
This article is reposted from my old blog Deep Type Flow and was originally published 7/12/2010 To a recent roundup of whale shark news, I appended a sort of human interest one-liner about how “shark” is the only word in the English language that derives from a Yucatec (Mayan) Indian word – “Xoc” (pronounced like . . . → Read More: What’s in a name? Origins of the word “shark”
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