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Journey to the Deep

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Jan. 23, 1960: Journey to the Deepest Place on Earth: “Its dive into the Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the trench, was made, according to a Navy press release, ‘to demonstrate that the United States possesses the capability for manned exploration of the sea down to the deepest part of its floor.’”
(Via Wired.com)
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Knocking the Rust off.

Saturday, October 13, 2007

One of the classes for this semester is a one credit class that will end with me being approved for and certified as an AAUS diver. I’m fortunate that the instructor is a very accomplished diver and the incoming president of the AAUS. While it’s only a one credit class, it has been in many [...]

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