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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS PROGRAM #1503 "Going Deep" AIRDATE: February 2, 2005 ALAN ALDA Hello and welcome to Scientific American Frontiers. I'm Alan Alda. It's said that the oceans, which cover more than two thirds of the earth's surface, are less familiar to us than the surface of the moon. If you consider the volume of the oceans, it's actually more than ninety percent of the habitable part of the earth that we don't know too much about. The main reason for our relative ignorance is simply that the deep ocean is an absolutely forbidding environment. It's pitch dark, extremely cold and with pressures that are like having a 3,000-foot column of lead pressing down on every square inch -- which does sound pretty uncomfortable. In this program we're going to see how people finally made it to the ocean floor, and we'll find out about the scientific revolutions they brought back with them. We're going to go diving in the Alvin, the little submarine that did so much of the work. And we're going to glimpse the future, as Alvin's successor takes shape in a small seaside town on Cape Cod. That's coming up in tonight's episode, Going Deep. INTO THE DEEP ALAN ALDA (NARRATION) Woods Hole, Massachusetts. It's one of the picturesque seaside towns that draw the tourists to Cape Cod each year. But few seaside towns have what Woods Hole has. For 70 years it's been home to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution — an organization that does nothing but study the world's oceans. -
WRECK DIVING™ ...Uncover the Past Magazine the FATE OF
WRECK DIVING™ ...uncover the past Magazine THE FATE OF WRECK DIVING MAGAZINE THE U-869: PART II REEXAMINED CROW / KOINER INCIDENT THETHE LUSITANIALUSITANIA CHRONICLESCHRONICLES WORLDWORLD RECORDRECORD DEEPDEEP DIVEDIVE TOTO THETHE MILANOMILANO Carl D. Bradley • Comet Deep Sea Treasure Hunting Part II Eureka • German Junkers • Lusitania Milano • U-869 Part II Issue 18 A Quarterly Publication U-869 the Fate of U-869 REEXAMINED Part II of a 3-Part Article The U-Boat War The official commissioning photo of U-869 and her 59 crew. It took nearly six years to positively identify their grave site. (National Archives) The petty officers of U-869 in an informal portrait; The Crow/Koiner Incident the Olympic rings on the conning tower signify that By Richie Kohler, John Chatterton and John Yurga Captain Neuerburg entered officers training in 1936. World War II was extraordinarily War complex II and dynamic. The Atlantic and Pacific Theaters were radically different from one another, and as the war progressed, the way the war was fought and the tools used to fight the war continuously evolved. Early on, Winston Churchill secured from President Roosevelt an agreement that the Allies would put their main effort into defeating Germany first, and then they would together turn their attention to the Pacific. This “Europe First” policy was not an easy one for Roosevelt to sell to the military, considering it was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor which had forced America into the war. It was especially difficult for the United States Navy to deal with this policy. The US Navy considered the Pacific to be their war and, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, this is easy to understand. -
164Th Infantry News: September 1998
University of North Dakota UND Scholarly Commons 164th Infantry Regiment Publications 9-1998 164th Infantry News: September 1998 164th Infantry Association Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.und.edu/infantry-documents Part of the Military History Commons Recommended Citation 164th Infantry Association, "164th Infantry News: September 1998" (1998). 164th Infantry Regiment Publications. 55. https://commons.und.edu/infantry-documents/55 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by UND Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in 164th Infantry Regiment Publications by an authorized administrator of UND Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE 164TH INFANTRY NEWS Vot 38 · N o, 6 Sepitemlber 1, 1998 Guadalcanal (Excerpts taken from the book Orchids In The Mud: Edited by Robert C. Muehrcke) Orch id s In The Mud, the record of the 132nd Infan try Regiment, edited by Robert C. Mueherke. GUADALCANAL AND T H E SOLOMON ISLANDS The Solomon Archipelago named after the King of Kings, lie in the Pacific Ocean between longitude 154 and 163 east, and between latitude 5 and 12 south. It is due east of Papua, New Guinea, northeast of Australia and northwest of the tri angle formed by Fiji, New Caledonia, and the New Hebrides. The Solomon Islands are a parallel chain of coral capped isles extending for 600 miles. Each row of islands is separated from the other by a wide, long passage named in World War II "The Slot." Geologically these islands are described as old coral deposits lying on an underwater mountain range, whi ch was th rust above the surface by long past volcanic actions. -
Scapa Flow & Basking Sharks Sept 19 - 29, 2019
Scotland Scapa Flow & Basking Sharks Sept 19 - 29, 2019 Blue Green Expeditions is headed to Scotland. We are combining two epic experiences in one amazing package! Come snorkel with us with one of the largest sharks in the world, Basking Sharks. This is one of the biggest hotspots in the world to see them! Basking sharks typically range from 20 - 26 feet long but no worries, they eat plankton and are harmless! Then journey with us to the premier wreck diving jewel of the world, Scapa Flow. The area teems of history that spans the centuries with more than 150 wrecks that are scattered across the seabed from 18th century sailing ships to more recent fishing vessels. We plan to dive on the wrecks of the German fleet including the SMS Coln, Brummer, Dresden, Markgraf, Konig, and others. The massive hulking wrecks are truly amazing with so much to explore. The un-salvaged vessels of the German High Sea Fleet offer some of the greatest wreck diving the world has to offer. Truly a bucket list trip for any wreck diver! We will be staying aboard the Valhalla, a newly refurbished live-aboard diving vessel. This is one adventure you will not want to miss! Price Includes: • All meals aboard the Valhalla • 2-3 dives per day in Scapa Flow • Weights and 104cf tanks • Nitrox fills • Transfers from ferry or airport in Kirkwall • Lodge accommodations for Basking Sharks • Boat and transfers from ferry for Basking sharks Not included: • Double tanks, stage bottles or O2 for deco • Sorb for rebreathers • Airfare • Dive Insurance (required) • Trip Insurance (highly recommended) • Extra hotel nights due to flight schedules • Alcoholic beverages • Meals during Basking Shark trip • Crew gratuities Pricing: $3299 per person, standard cabin Non refundable deposit of $1500 Balance due - June 1st, 2019 For more information contact: Faith Ortins [email protected] 619.363.2408 Paul Holbrook [email protected] 619.363.2408 www.bluegreenexpeditions.com . -
Inventory and Analysis of Archaeological Site Occurrence on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf
OCS Study BOEM 2012-008 Inventory and Analysis of Archaeological Site Occurrence on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Gulf of Mexico OCS Region OCS Study BOEM 2012-008 Inventory and Analysis of Archaeological Site Occurrence on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Author TRC Environmental Corporation Prepared under BOEM Contract M08PD00024 by TRC Environmental Corporation 4155 Shackleford Road Suite 225 Norcross, Georgia 30093 Published by U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management New Orleans Gulf of Mexico OCS Region May 2012 DISCLAIMER This report was prepared under contract between the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and TRC Environmental Corporation. This report has been technically reviewed by BOEM, and it has been approved for publication. Approval does not signify that the contents necessarily reflect the views and policies of BOEM, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endoresements or recommendation for use. It is, however, exempt from review and compliance with BOEM editorial standards. REPORT AVAILABILITY This report is available only in compact disc format from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, at a charge of $15.00, by referencing OCS Study BOEM 2012-008. The report may be downloaded from the BOEM website through the Environmental Studies Program Information System (ESPIS). You will be able to obtain this report also from the National Technical Information Service in the near future. Here are the addresses. You may also inspect copies at selected Federal Depository Libraries. U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. -
Adm Issue 10 Finnished
4x4x4x4 Four times a year Four times the copy Four times the quality Four times the dive experience Advanced Diver Magazine might just be a quarterly magazine, printing four issues a year. Still, compared to all other U.S. monthly dive maga- zines, Advanced Diver provides four times the copy, four times the quality and four times the dive experience. The staff and contribu- tors at ADM are all about diving, diving more than should be legally allowed. We are constantly out in the field "doing it," exploring, photographing and gathering the latest information about what we love to do. In this issue, you might notice that ADM is once again expanding by 16 pages to bring you, our readers, even more information and contin- ued high-quality photography. Our goal is to be the best dive magazine in the history of diving! I think we are on the right track. Tell us what you think and read about what others have to say in the new "letters to bubba" section found on page 17. Curt Bowen Publisher Issue 10 • • Pg 3 Advanced Diver Magazine, Inc. © 2001, All Rights Reserved Editor & Publisher Curt Bowen General Manager Linda Bowen Staff Writers / Photographers Jeff Barris • Jon Bojar Brett Hemphill • Tom Isgar Leroy McNeal • Bill Mercadante John Rawlings • Jim Rozzi Deco-Modeling Dr. Bruce Wienke Text Editor Heidi Spencer Assistants Rusty Farst • Tim O’Leary • David Rhea Jason Richards • Joe Rojas • Wes Skiles Contributors (alphabetical listing) Mike Ball•Philip Beckner•Vern Benke Dan Block•Bart Bjorkman•Jack & Karen Bowen Steve Cantu•Rich & Doris Chupak•Bob Halstead Jitka Hyniova•Steve Keene•Dan Malone Tim Morgan•Jeff Parnell•Duncan Price Jakub Rehacek•Adam Rose•Carl Saieva Susan Sharples•Charley Tulip•David Walker Guy Wittig•Mark Zurl Advanced Diver Magazine is published quarterly in Bradenton, Florida. -
A Green Sea Turtle Resting on the Reef Keeps a Wary Eye Open for Predators
GreatBarrierReef_JF2008:_TOTI 11/20/07 9:59 PM Page 4848 A green sea turtle resting on the reef keeps a wary eye open for predators (above); a lionfish splays its venomous spines while a diver carry- ing an underwater video camera approaches from behind (opposite). 62 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2008 GreatBarrierReef_JF2008:_TOTI 11/20/07 9:59 PM Page 4849 “When you see the Southern Cross for the first time, You understand now why you came this way.” —From the song “Southern Cross” by Rick Curtis, Michael Curtis, and Stephen Stills azing up at the stars in the Australian sky, we realized that we weren’t in Kansas anymore. Certainly there had been other clues: driving on the left side of the road, watching water swirl in the opposite direction down the drain, and the fact that we had to travel north to reach warmer weather. But on that clear, dark evening on Queensland’s Daintree River, as my dive partner, Pam Hadfield, and I surveyed con- stellations only visible in the southern hemi- sphere, our guide pointed out four stars forming a cross in the sky. We were seeing, for the first time, the famous Southern Cross— immortalized in songs, aboriginal stories, and on the Australian flag—that for centuries has shown sailors the way south. And now it had led us south as well, to dive the world famous Great Barrier Reef (GBR). This twelve-hundred-mile crescent of reefs, cays, and islets rimming the jagged northeastern edge of Queensland— Australia’s second-largest state—is the largest marine park in the world and the largest structure built by living organisms, with three thousand smaller reefs populated by more than 1,500 species of fish, four hundred species of coral, and five thousand species of WWW.TOTI.COM 63 GreatBarrierReef_JF2008:_TOTI 11/20/07 10:00 PM Page 4850 Unlike the large solitary barracuda so familiar in Florida, this smaller species in the Coral Sea prefers to travel lazily in large schools. -
Water Covers 70 Percent of the Earth. Scuba Diving Allows You to See What You’Re Missing
Department ADVENTURE Water covers 70 percent of the Earth. Scuba diving allows you to see what you’re missing. by AMANDA CASTLEMAN Somersault off the boat, into the deep blue. Drift down to the wreck or the reef. Or maybe towards some rock formations, sculpted long before a cavern flooded. The slightest kick sends your shadow gliding across the bottom. A whisper of breath buoys you up, chasing a flash of color. Immersed, you hover, freed from the gravity and worries of the noisy surface. Diving is as close as most of us will ever come to a spacewalk. But passion for the underwater world traces back much further than the first moon landing. Ancient Greeks held their breath to plunge Gran Cenote, Riviera for pearls and sponges—and legend claims one Maya, Mexico. breathed through a reed while he cut the moorings of the Persian fleet. Alexander the Great also descended beneath the waves in a glass barrel at the siege of Tyre, according to Aristotle. w Stills + Motion/Christian Vizl; (facing) Getty Images/Alastair Pollock Photography. Photos: Tandem 2 Summer 2014 Summer 2014 3 The desire to explore runs deep. By the 16th Giant ray. century, diving bells pumped air to adventurers and leather suits protected them to depths of 60 feet. Three hundred years later, technology leapt forward as scientists discovered the effects of water pressure and breathing compressed air. The U.S. military pioneered scuba (Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) in 1939, then Émile Gagnan and Jacques-Yves Cousteau took the idea mainstream with their 1943 “Aqua-Lung.” Earth’s final frontier, the mysterious wine-dark sea, was open for business. -
WRECK DIVING™ ...Uncover the Past Magazine
WRECK DIVING™ ...uncover the past Magazine Graf Zeppelin • La Galga • Mystery Ship • San Francisco Maru Scapa Flow • Treasure Hunting Part I • U-869 Part III • Ville de Dieppe WRECK DIVING MAGAZINE The Fate of the U-869 Reexamined Part III SanSan FranciscoFrancisco MaruMaru:: TheThe MillionMillion DollarDollar WreckWreck ofof TRUKTRUK LAGOONLAGOON Issue 19 A Quarterly Publication U-869 In In our previousour articles, we described the discovery and the long road to the identification ofU-869 off the The Fate Of New Jersey coast. We also examined the revised histories issued by the US Coast Guard Historical Center and the US Naval Historical Center, both of which claimed The U-869 the sinking was a result of a depth charge attack by two US Navy vessels in 1945. The conclusion we reached was that the attack by the destroyers was most likely Reexamined, Part on the already-wrecked U-869. If our conclusion is correct, then how did the U-869 come to be on the III bottom of the Atlantic? The Loss of the German Submarine Early Theories The most effective and successful branch of the German By John Chatterton, Richie Kohler, and John Yurga Navy in World War II was the U-boat arm. Hitler feared he would lose in a direct confrontation with the Royal Navy, so the German surface fleet largely sat idle at anchor. Meanwhile, the U-boats and their all- volunteer crews were out at sea, hunting down enemy vessels. They sank the merchant vessels delivering the Allies’ much-needed materials of war, and even were able to achieve some success against much larger enemy warships. -
Wreck Diver Specialty Course Instructor Guide
Instructor Wreck Diver Guide Wreck Diver Specialty Course Instructor Guide Product No. 70232 (Rev. 4/07) Version 2.0 Instructor Guide Wreck Diver PADI Wreck Diver Specialty Course Instructor Guide © PADI 2007 Portions of the Appendix of this guide may be reproduced by PADI Members for use in PADI-sanctioned training, but not for resale or personal gain. No other reproduction is allowed without the express written permission of PADI. Published and distributed by PADI 30151 Tomas Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688-2125 USA Printed in U.S.A. Product No. 70232 (04/07) Version 2.0 2 Specialty Course Instructor Guide Instructor Wreck Diver Guide Table of Contents Introduction How to Use this Guide .......................................................................................5 Course Philosophy and Goals .............................................................................5 Course Flow Options .........................................................................................6 Program Options ................................................................................................7 Section One: Course Standards Standards at a Glance .........................................................................................8 Instructor Prerequisites .......................................................................................9 Student Diver Prerequisites ...............................................................................9 Supervision and Ratios .......................................................................................9 -
THE JERSEYMAN 5 Years - Nr
1st Quarter 2007 "Rest well, yet sleep lightly and hear the call, if again sounded, to provide firepower for freedom…” THE JERSEYMAN 5 Years - Nr. 53 USS NEW JERSEY Primerman - Turret Two... “I was a primerman left gun, and for a short time, in right gun of turret two on the New Jersey. In fact there was a story written by Stars and Stripes on the gun room I worked in about July or August 1986. But to your questions, yes we wore a cartridge belt, the belt was stored in a locker in the turret, and the gun captain filled the belts. After the gun was loaded with rounds, six bags of powder (large bags were 110 lbs. each) and lead foil, the gun elevated down to the platform in the pit where loaded, and the primer was about the same size as a 30-30 brass cartridge. After I loaded the primer I would give the gun captain a "Thumbs up," the gun captain then pushed a button to let them know that the gun was loaded and ready to fire. After three tones sounded, the gun fired, the gun captain opened the breech and the empty primer fell Primer cartridge courtesy of Volunteer into the pit. Our crew could have a gun ready to fire Turret Captain Marty Waltemyer about every 27 seconds. All communicating was done by hand instructions only, and that was due to the noise in the turret. The last year I was in the turrets I was also a powder hoist operator...” Shane Broughten, former BM2 Skyberg, Minnesota USS NEW JERSEY 1984-1987 2nd Div. -
Great Barrier Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan
Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia, 2015. Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan is licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia for use under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Australia licence with the exception of the Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia, the logo of the agency responsible for publishing the report, content supplied by third parties, and any images depicting people. For licence conditions see: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This report should be attributed as ‘Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan , Commonwealth of Australia 2015’. The Commonwealth of Australia has made all reasonable efforts to identify content supplied by third parties using the following format ‘© Copyright, [name of third party]’. Images courtesy of the Department of the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan This Plan will be attached to the Great Barrier Reef Intergovernmental Agreement 2009 as a schedule and overseen by the Great Barrier Reef Ministerial Forum. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the Traditional Owners of the Great Barrier Reef area and have a continuing connection to their land and sea country. ii / Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan Foreword Australians are passionate about the Great Barrier Reef. It is one of the world’s greatest natural assets. Our vision is to ensure the Great Barrier Reef continues to improve on its Outstanding Universal Value every decade between now and 2050 to be a natural wonder for each successive generation. Traditional Owners have cared for the Reef for thousands of years and Australia is committed to its ongoing protection.