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2014 #Exosuitproject Expedition | Return to #Antikythera
In just a couple of short weeks, we’re off on the Return to Antikythera Expedition. This year’s project has been in development for over a year, and builds on work dating to the very early 20th century when the Bronze age wreck site was first discovered by Greek sponge divers. Over the past several months, I have…
Read MoreLessons From The Last Time Civilization Collapsed
This recent book review on NPR seemed to resonate a bit given the state of the world we are finding ourselves in: 1177BC, The Year Civilization Collapsed. It is an absolute truth that history repeats itself, as we are simply recycling matter and energy within a finite sphere. Sure, with time, this is shifted and…
Read MoreAntikythera | Diving through Time
The last several months, and particularly the past couple of weeks have been nothing short of mind numbing…in hindsight, in my opinion anyway, bringing the Exosuit full online and science-mission ready has been nothing short of a monumental task in a relatively short timeframe. While one mission has been triaged for a short time, mission…
Read Morethe secret it out – the truth about peeing in the ocean
We’ve all done it since we were little kids, but the topic remains elusively among the taboo topics of our generation – peeing in the ocean. Basically there are two types of people out there – those that do, and those that lie about it. Same holds true for divers and peeing in their wetsuits.…
Read MoreSlip us a few ones and we’ll show you…
https://onetoday.google.com/p/w5-gknjq?c=5452315131641856 A whole lot more of this: Portable inflatable habitat enabling extended human exploration deep within the mesophotic realm. Project supported by Subsalve USA and the National Geographic Society’s Waitt Grants Program. We’re grinding out finding new life of the aquatic type each and every day, largely in part to ongoing public support. New frontiers…
Read MoreClassroom Under the Sea | Diving In
It’s rare that I take to any degree of advocacy for others’ projects – not because they aren’t worth supporting, but rather in the competitive little world we live in, it just gets harder and harder to stand out on your own, let alone when spreading the attention thin. In this case however, ‘Classroom Under…
Read MoreDeep. Dangerous. Determined.
Hrrmppff – the ‘D’ word strikes again: dangerous. Last night I received an email from a colleague that spread the word about the opening of ‘Deepsea Challenge 3D’, the film highlighting James Cameron’s epic descent to the bottom of the Marianas Trench. With big ocean exploration projects far and few between in recent years, this…
Read Moreour counterpart, the sharks
On the eve of yet another ‘Shark Week‘, it goes without saying that our toothy counterparts deserve a bit of mention here on ‘A New Life’. I picked up the following graphic via Facebook, courtesy the Florida Museum of Natural History, which provides some useful data regarding the geographic distribution of shark attacks in recently…
Read MoreCNN the Sixties | the Space Race
While I’m not much of a television buff, I’ve been taken by CNN’s ‘The Sixties’, particularly the recent release of Episode 7: the Space Race. Two elements were particularly captivating: 1. The real ‘race’ in the effort with Russia, and the sense of American pride that was attached to various space program propaganda to drive…
Read Moresee ya latah, alligatah
Diving isn’t always pristine coral reefs, calm seas, and a relaxing day at the beach. In fact, most days – for those of us living the life aquatic – it’s anything but. From sewers to koi ponds, there are and forever will be the need for people to get down and dirty to unclog pipes,…
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