By para_sight, on  October 10th, 2011 Archaeology, History, and Art, Megavertebrate, Vessels and Equipment, Weird great white sharks, Mir, salvage, sharks, submarine, submersible, treasure On Friday I had cause to meet with a gent called Marco Flagg and it turned into one of the more interesting chats I’ve had in a long time. Marco is the chief engineer of a company called Desert Star that makes a range of navigation and tracking products, one of which we’ve been using . . . → Read More: Of great whites and great depths
By Kevin Zelnio, on  July 21st, 2011 Bringin' It, Conservation & Environment, Scientist!, Vessels and Equipment Florida, Harbor Branch, HBOI, Johnson Sea Link, Lorax, oceanography, Oil Spill, Public, Research, Science Communication, Scott Olson, Space Shuttle, submersible Me inside the Johnson Sea Link (2004). Today, Scott Olson published an editorial at TCPalm, a local news site for Palm Beach area on some very deep misgivings that all of us in deep-sea biologist have regarding the state of Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute and its assets – the Johnson Sea Link submersibles. It was . . . → Read More: The Ship, The Sub, The Shuttle – We Should Blame Ourselves
Sir Richard Branson isn’t the only one wanting to return to the Challenger Deep. Now, submersible designers Triton Submarines aims to take humans down to Challenger Deep again using their newly designed submersible Triton 36,000.The most interesting part is the that crew sphere is made of borosilicate glass that actually gets stronger under increased compression . . . → Read More: New Triton Manned Submersible
Although the Deep-sea News team has just spent a whole weekend in exotic North Carolina, we are jealous of Dr. Alistair Dove who currently enroute to the majestic Abrolhos reef off the coast of Brazil. He will be representing the Georgia Aquarium in an international team of scientists traversing this tropical paradise from January . . . → Read More: Submersible at your disposal + unexplored marine habitat = EPIC expedition!!
On the one hand, you have China’s brand-spanking new Jialong submersible capable of reaching 7000 meters depth, 500 meters deeper than its nearest competitor, representing an amazing tool for unraveling the secrets of the wonderous deep. On the other hand, you have China’s move to mine to sulphide deposits hydrothermal vents in international waters. In a surprise . . . → Read More: China and the deep sea
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 space . . . → Read More: Pimp My Alvin
By Kevin Zelnio, on  June 4th, 2010 Art, Biodiversity, 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
The folks over at Tugboat Printshop have put together a 22-woodcut series themed “The Deep Blue Sea”. The woodcuts are truly one-of-a-kind and imaginative! I would love to decorate my kids’ rooms with these. Check out all 22 designs, there is something for everyone in there! The folks over at Tugboat Printshop have put together . . . → Read More: ‘Ocean Explorer 3000′ and Other Beautiful Nautical Woodcuts!
By Dr. M, on  February 3rd, 2010 Ramblings, Vessels and Equipment alvin, exploration, manned, NASA, Obama, robot, ROV, Sealink, shutle, space, submersible, unmanned The internets is consumed recently with the Obama administration’s choice to cut funding for NASA manned space exploration. Manned missions to the moon or development of the technologies needed to go mars…gone. A lot of people are quite distraught about this decision believing it a poor course for the future. ”The decision has been condemned . . . → Read More: Manned or Unmanned?
She was at sea for 221 days. She was alone, often in dangerous places, and usually out of touch. Her predecessor had disappeared on a similar trip, probably killed by a shark. Yet she was always able to do what was asked, to head in a different direction on a moment’s notice and report back . . . → Read More: First Atlantic Cross by a Submersible Robot
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