This is an invited contribution. A marine biologist, who posts here under the pseudonym, Dour Marine Biologist, offers a counter to the media and even DSN hype on Cameron’s dive. I find these points below worth consideration and dialogue. I want to hear your comments below. Since James Cameron’s record-breaking dive on March 26th the . . . → Read More: Shouldn’t We Be More Skeptical of the DeepChallenger Dive?
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By Dr. M, on  April 2nd, 2012  28 comments  Expeditions  alvin, Deep Sea Challenge, Funding, James Cameron, submersible, subs By para_sight, on March 26th, 2012 37 comments Expeditions, New Research, Opinion & Editorial, The Basics, Vessels and Equipment alvin, Challenger Deep, Deep Challenger, Deep Sea Challenge, exploration, hadal, James Cameron, marianas trench, National Geographic, ocean exploration, submersible This post is co-authored by Al Dove and Craig McClain In the 1989 James Cameron sci-fi movie The Abyss, there’s a scene when Ed Harris’ character dons a special environmental suit that allows him to breathe an oxygen-laden liquid. Thus protected from the risks of crushing deep-sea pressures (no air = no voids to collapse), . . . → Read More: James Cameron’s Deep Sea Challenge: a scientific milestone or rich guy’s junket?
By Kevin Zelnio, on September 23rd, 2011 Leave a comment Expeditions, Life At Sea alvin, EPR Chronicles, Hydrothermal Vent For background on the EPR Chronicles, see this post. The expedition was also recorded online at the Field Museum during this time (before science blogs!) and includes dispatches, videos and photos! Sunday 11/16/03 3:00 am Wow, I just realized I haven’t written for awhile & haven’t written about my diving experience. Now that the euphoria . . . → Read More: The EPR Chronicles X
By Kevin Zelnio, on September 22nd, 2011 Leave a comment Expeditions, Life At Sea alvin, EPR Chronicles For background on the EPR Chronicles, see this post. The expedition was also recorded online at the Field Museum during this time (before science blogs!) and includes dispatches, videos and photos! Wednesday 11/12/2003 Tomorrow is my big day! Tomorrow I go down to the bottom of the sea in Alvin! It was quite a surprise. . . . → Read More: The EPR Chronicles IX
By Kevin Zelnio, on September 20th, 2011 Leave a comment Expeditions, Life At Sea alvin, EPR Chronicles For background on the EPR Chronicles, see this post. The expedition was also recorded online at the Field Museum during this time (before science blogs!) and includes dispatches, videos and photos! Tuesday 11/11/03, 3:50am We are at 9°N latitude and the fauna here is significantly more abundant & diverse. The vents here are black smokers. . . . → Read More: The EPR Chronicles VII
By Kevin Zelnio, on September 18th, 2011 Leave a comment Expeditions, Life At Sea, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls alvin, Andesite, EPR Chronicles, SeaBeam, seafloor, TowCam For background on the EPR Chronicles, see this post. The expedition was also recorded online at the Field Museum during this time (before science blogs!) and includes dispatches, videos and photos! Saturday 11/08 1:30am Been a while since I made an entry. We were on station at 8°37′N and its been really busy, but real . . . → Read More: The EPR Chronicles V
By Kevin Zelnio, on September 15th, 2011 Leave a comment Uncategorized alvin, EPR Chronicles, R/V Atlantis For background on the EPR Chronicles, see this post. The expedition was also recorded online at the Field Museum during this time (before science blogs!) and includes dispatches, videos and photos! Saturday 11/01 11:50pm Woke up to being gently rocked by the motion of the boat. It is very easy to sleep to. As soon . . . → Read More: The EPR Chronicles II
Alvin this week will begin a 40 million dollar overhaul. The biggest retrofit in its 40 years of diving. Improvement include: A new personnel titanium sphere with improved ergonomics will be integrated into Alvin’s modified frame. The new 6,500 meter-depth-rated sphere is the biggest technical challenge of the Alvin upgrade project. It must be . . . → Read More: Alvin: From Old School to New School
By Dr. M, on October 15th, 2010 Leave a comment Gadgets & Gear, Vessels and Equipment alvin, sphere, sub, submarine, submersible, titanium, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Alvin’s interior will be getting a redesign as a new larger titanium has been forged. It is 3, rather than 2, inches thick, with an interior diameter that is 4.6 inches wider than Alvin’s current sphere. That increases the interior volume by nearly 20 percent, from 144 to 171 cubic feet, and that additional . . . → Read More: Pimp My Alvin
By Kevin Zelnio, on June 4th, 2010 11 comments Art, Organisms, Scientist!, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls alvin, Flying Trilobite, Glendon Mellow, Hydrothermal Vent, submersible, Trilobite The Last Refuge – Original Art by Glendon Mellow http://glendonmellow.com UPDATE: Glendon is now offering this beautiful piece of deep-sea art as prints on his website! Products range from cards to full size poster prints and are quite affordably priced! Earlier this year I approached Glendon Mellow who writes the Flying Trilobite blog, a fabulous . . . → Read More: The Last Refuge
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