Tomorrow, I will be blogging from sunny Monterey Bay. Actually, I will be blogging from foggy Monterey Bay but it will still be outrageous. You…
View More I’m Blogging At Sea Baby!Category: Expeditions
At Sea Blogging in the North Pacific
Kathleen Hardy from the Darling Marine Center will be blogging from sea aboard the R/V Thompson. The month long cruise will take place in the…
View More At Sea Blogging in the North PacificContemplating a Career Change
If marine biologist are the rock stars of science then marine archaeologists may be the millionaires. Deep-sea explorers said Friday they have mined what could…
View More Contemplating a Career ChangeChallenger Expedition
The Challenger expedition of 1872-76 marks the transition form Victorian to modern science: from the world of the gentleman naturalist to the of Big Science,…
View More Challenger ExpeditionIn Situ Blogging
At the end of May, I will be out to sea! But alas never fear, because my dedication to the DSN reader is great! I…
View More In Situ BloggingDispatches From 9 North
An expedition to the 9N Overlapping Spreading Center that is going on right now! You can catch daily dispatches from Laura Preston, an educator from…
View More Dispatches From 9 NorthWebcasting Exploration
National Geographic explorer-in-residence Dr. Robert Ballard led a team of scientists to explore the “twilight zone” near 100m depth around the Flower Garden Banks region in the Gulf of Mexico last week. If you followed along at either of the two hosting websites you could see mud volcanoes, brine seeps, ancient shorelines, deep coral heads, schools of jacks, and lots of gorgonians.
View More Webcasting ExplorationHow Did That Get There?
An expedition to reveal the secrets of a mysterious huge hole at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean started overnight.
View More How Did That Get There?IPY Stamps
In celebration of IPY, the Canadian Post has released a set of stamps (above). One of these is the polar, deep-sea jellyfish, Crossota millsaeare. The…
View More IPY StampsInternational Polar Year
Picture from IPY website, Elephant Foot Glacier From March 2007 to March 2009, grab your parka because it is International Polar Year(s). The organization of…
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