Tag: James Cameron
Deep. 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 Morehumans’ place in frontier exploration
I received an e-invite a few days ago to participate in an online event that suggested participants will be “exploring the ocean without leaving the shore“. Of course this peaked my interests, so I followed some web links around and arrived at the statement, “Just imagine Neil Armstrong never leaving his desk in Houston yet…
Read Morestill here
If you’re reading this, then I suppose we all made it through. The last baktun came to an end, and the next one is underway. Rather than call it an end, call it a new beginning… All of the December 21st hype is a good thing in many ways, as it reminds us all of…
Read Morethe literal ‘ups’ and ‘downs’ of stunt science
Yes, yesterday I was among the 8 million viewers glued to the live feed from Felix Baumgartner’s capsule as he took the plunge from 128,000 feet. While I was right there with him in spirit, I have been troubled by the ‘record-setting’ mantra associated with this, and other recent science events. Doing science outside in…
Read MoreChallenger Deep | the ‘deepest dive for mankind’
I’m excited. The announcement of James’ Cameron’s forthcoming attempt to make a solo dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench – 36,000+ feet (7 miles) – to the Challenger Deep represents so much for our species. Indeed, it is time to look inward at our own planet – both the physical places that we…
Read MoreSanctum | a review
A NY Daily News piece reminded me to review the movie Sanctum here on ‘a New Life’. The news piece describes the recent death of two University of Florida students while caving in Georgia. Absolutely tragic, and a sharp reminder of just how unforgiving caving, and cave diving is. I saw James Cameron’s Sanctum this…
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