Oceans of Opportunity

Tag: explorer

Leaving our Shores – the Baby Steps

Among the earliest of lessons taught in diving is recognizing and mitigating the pathway of stress leading to anxiety which can lead to panic. There are physical, physiological, and psychological factors that can impact this dangerous pathway; and so we are given the basic tool and skill sets to protect the human from these factors.…

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STS-51L Challenger Tragedy | 25 Years Today

Twenty-five years ago this very morning (at age 6) I was sitting on a tile floor in the hallway of Martin Elementary School in Seekonk, Massachusetts watching history unfold in real-time. This school assembly followed a series of classroom lessons about space – our solar system, the moon, and exploration. As the world turns, it often takes…

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on the finer points of last minute expedition logistics

OK, so I just forced myself to take a quick break from the last minute chaos of expedition logistics. With less than 24 hours until we take off on the 2010 in TOTO deep project, the realities of what we are undertaking are finally setting in. This is largely a function of wrapping up other…

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