July

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sparkle_debacle always reviews his year, and it seems to me a good idea.

January

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After our research cruise, we did a tour of the city. Our local volunteers and I (the former resident) showed the others around. It was a beautiful day.


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This is where we anchored. Having a small team, most of whom were needed for every single deployment and and recovery, we actually did a sane thing; we did not work 24 hour days. It was more like 12 to 16 hours a day. So, we anchored at night.


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So, I got home from England and immediately went to Victoria. Well, no, not immediately. I slept for 15 hours, comforted the cat, ate some food, packed my bags, and then flew to Victoria. It was surprisingly cold there (generally, except for two sunny days it was below 22C, often overcast and rainy). This is unusual in July, when they usually have ( Read more... )

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Earlier this week was the 50th anniversary of the first manned dive to the deepest point on Earth: the Marianas Trench, south of Japan, near Guam, along the edge of the Philipine Basin. Wired magazine posted this wonderful, animated documentary. They credit the interview to Victor Ozols, and video to Roman Wolter. Featuring the audio recording of ( Read more... )

After a frustrating week of being right, I went down to Victoria on Saturday, to meet friends for brunch.


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