This is a time sensitive post. By the time some find it, there may be nothing showing, but right now at 1155hrs EDSL, there’s a…
View More Okeanos Explorer in the Gulf of MexicoCategory: Vessels and Equipment
James Cameron’s Deep Sea Challenge: a scientific milestone or rich guy’s junket?
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’…
View More James Cameron’s Deep Sea Challenge: a scientific milestone or rich guy’s junket?Losing Deep-Sea Science in the United States
Despite the striking fact that most of the scientists that the world has ever known are alive and working today, despite the fact that this…
View More Losing Deep-Sea Science in the United StatesThe biggest deep sea exploration news in 50 years?
Folks, it’s on! Some of you may know of the “race to the bottom”, a confluence of several missions aimed at returning humans to the…
View More The biggest deep sea exploration news in 50 years?10 Most Incredible Sunken Ships on Earth
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,…
View More 10 Most Incredible Sunken Ships on EarthI Got 99 Problems and a Ship Ain’t One
When I say I am going on research cruise, I get two responses. 1. “Well that sounds nice, do they serve cocktails and is there…
View More I Got 99 Problems and a Ship Ain’t OneAnimals Vs. Equipment
The following images came across my desk last week humorously labeled “There’s something wrong with the ROV”. The startling shots show what appears to be…
View More Animals Vs. EquipmentNew fishing method significant improvement over trawling
see more There I Fixed It Hat tip to @vonOberst.
View More New fishing method significant improvement over trawlingDoes This Belong To You?
A big yellow section from a floatation platform was found off Miami yesterday. Ryan Haines from the U.S. Coast Guard Station Miami is trying to locate the…
View More Does This Belong To You?Want a pirate ship? For only $10K you can have a hand-built one!
Um, if DSN started a kickstarter for this, would you guys chip in so we can make this our official headquarters?? Seriously though, the builder…
View More Want a pirate ship? For only $10K you can have a hand-built one!