Mission-Specific Diving, Part 2: Exploring Beyond the Usual
The travel plans of many divers look something like this: Get off the plane and get transported to a resort or live-aboard dive boat…
Papua New Guinea: A Land of Painted Faces and Pygmy Sea Horses
Even in the 21st century, flying into tomorrow is a long, excruciating grind. By the time I reached the highlands of Papua New Guinea,…
Seafaring Superstitions & Marine Myth Rituals Explored
You are a 19th-century mariner, living in the dank, dark quarters of a sailing ship, at the mercy of capricious wind and weather, six…
Fish Imagery: Through the Ages
While working on a history project in the archives of the library at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, I stumbled across a book that virtually…