Still much remains unknown, although much has been discovered, in our oceans. Through geo-mapping and political arrangement, there are officially five – each with their own biodiversity, topography and quirks. We break it all down for you.
Still much remains unknown, although much has been discovered, in our oceans. Through geo-mapping and political arrangement, there are officially five – each with their own biodiversity, topography and quirks. We break it all down for you.
Deep in the ocean is where things get really interesting. Descend to below one kilometre to the bathypelagic zone and the creatures take a weird turn, descend even further to 11 kilometres – the bottom of the Mariana Trench – and marine life becomes surreal.
Known as having the poorest living conditions for any vessel of war, the German U-boat was a forbidding deep-sea carrier and an expert in sneak-attacks on merchant convoys and Allied warships.
A cooperative government-industry-university effort that took place in Lameshur Bay, Virgin Islands (1969–70), the project attracted some of the big names of the diving industry, from Sylvia Earle to Ed Clifton, to go and reside below the waves for around 60 days.
Designed to explore the deep sea caves and the hulks of sunken ships, the suit was robust and bulky in design. It allowed Harry L. Bowdoin to descend to depths never before reached by divers and enabled him to remain below on the sea floor for longer periods.
Few knew of da Vinci’s fascination for the world below the waves. An underwater army, set in leather diving suits and set to march along the Venetian seabed and thwart any incoming invasions by sea…
Born in Melbourne, Australia on December 20, 1920, Ted Eldred would later become known as a pioneer of scuba diving in Australia after his invention of “Porpoise”, the first commercially successful single hose regulator.
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