In the race for the Arctic there is Canada, United States, and Russia all staking claim on the increasingly accessible Northwest Passage and the mineral…
View More Imperialism Going Strong in the ArcticCategory: Expeditions
The Race for the Arctic
More on the race to claim the Arctic. The Russian “scientific” operation was a sham. Despite the fact that a huge number of people were…
View More The Race for the ArcticTragedy At Sea
From [email protected]… Russian marine biologist was drowned, and an Italian badly hurt, when the research vessel on which they were working was rammed by a…
View More Tragedy At SeaCanadian Coral Hunting
A three-week Canadian expedition recently finished that documented a protected area near Sable Island referred to as the Gully. The Gully is the largest submarine…
View More Canadian Coral HuntingClaiming The Polar Seabed
From the Moscow Times… Two deep-sea submersibles made a test dive in polar waters Sunday ahead of a mission to be the first to reach…
View More Claiming The Polar SeabedNEEMO Just Got A Lot Cooler
Image above: NEEMO 11 crew member works near the undersea habitat “Aquarius” during a session of extravehicular activity for the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations…
View More NEEMO Just Got A Lot CoolerSeamounts 2007, Day 4-7
Weather, O’ Weather…you are my fair and fickle lover. On day 4, we sailed on from Davidson to Patton Escarpment, but a 25+ knot wind…
View More Seamounts 2007, Day 4-7Pick Me to Go To Mars!
This map depicts a hypothetical Mars with oceans. The view could represent a stage of terraforming (not an early Mars, since the ocean areas do…
View More Pick Me to Go To Mars!Seamounts 2007, Day 2-3
Our second day at sea was brought to close on much calmer seas. We again dove on Pioneer Seamount, the northernmost station during our cruise…
View More Seamounts 2007, Day 2-3UK's ISIS Explores Underwater "Grand Canyon" Off Portugal
Bathymetric image of the Nazare Canyon off the coast of Portugal. Photo courtesy of the BBC. The BBC has released a short news piece on…
View More UK's ISIS Explores Underwater "Grand Canyon" Off Portugal