Jim McNeill is Leading Earth’s Citizen Warriors Across the Sea
lifelong interests in rock climbing and mountaineering. His career since has taken him across the harshest ecosystems, including roles in the environmental sector, military, emergency services and communications. He’s also served as consultant on extreme environments for numerous projects, from the BBC’s Frozen Planet to Captain America.The Foundation Expedition last September marked the start of a new realm in McNeill’s journey to bridge discovery and citizen science: the ocean. While similar work has been conducted since 2001 as part of McNeill’s first warrior program, Ice Warrior
Scientists to Study the Arctic in a Wooden Schooner
at the start of September aboard Europe’s largest wooden schooner.Ocean Warrior is the brainchild of internationally-renowned explorer, Jim McNeill, who has been running scientific expeditions to the Arctic for over two decades and has acted as a consultant for natural history programs such as the BBC’s Frozen Planet.Designed to collect critical scientific measurements from remote areas of the Arctic Ocean in order to build up an improved picture of the changes taking place due to climate change and other factors, Ocean Warrior will also help to ‘ground-truth’ data collected via
Malaysia Detains Chinese Ship Linked to Suspected Illegal Salvage of British WW2 Wrecks
reports of the illegal salvage activity, Britain's National Museum of the Royal Navy last week said it was "distressed and concerned at the apparent vandalism for personal profit" of the two wrecks. The defense ministry condemned "desecration" of maritime military graves, the BBC said on Saturday.A ship registered in Fuzhou, China and carrying 32 crew failed to present anchoring permits during a routine inspection in waters off Malaysia's southern Johor state on Sunday, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) said. Authorities found scrap metal
Meet SHADOWLARK: The $10M Personal Vessel Plus Submarine Package
is delivered with full third-party classification society certification (DNV) and exceeds the most stringent safety regulations. The Triton 3300/3 MKII gained fame for its starring role in a number of recent international documentary hits, notably including Will Smith’s Welcome to Earth and the BBC’s Blue Planet II, the latter of which included over 500-hours diving time.In addition to selling the SHADOWLARK to private customers, Lahey is excited too by the new platforms ability to help Triton expand its submersible business further, faster. “One of my frustrations in being unable
26,322 Ft.: OSIL Giant Piston Corer Breaks Deep-Ocean Sampling Record
. This ensures that the OSIL Piston Corer systems deliver a more well-defined sediment sample to the operator.Piston Corers are one of the most important basic tools used in the study of marine sediments, and the expedition’s success has been highlighted by international news agencies, including the BBC and Fox News. OSIL offers customisable systems (including Launch and Recovery Systems and Winches) from 4m to 60m in length
Britain's New Polar Ship Sir David Attenborough Starts Sea Trials
year for climate change research.The 200 million pound ($260 million), state-of-the-art, polar research vessel, with its red hull and a bright yellow crane on its stern, sailed past Liverpool’s historic docks and out into the sea, headed for north Wales.Officially the ship is named after the veteran BBC naturalist David Attenborough, but to many Britons it will always be known as “Boaty McBoatface”, after that suggestion topped a public poll to name the vessel in 2016.Its departure from Liverpool was delayed by around a week due to stormy weather, a British Antarctic Survey (BAS) spokeswoman
RRS Sir David Attenborough Starts Sea Trials
polar research vessel for its maiden voyage.”The ship’s development has attracted wide attention since online voters rallied for Boaty McBoatface in a campaign to name the state-of-the-art research vessel in 2016. An NERC panel opted instead to name the ship after the famed BBC naturalist.Operated by BAS, the Rolls-Royce-designed RRS Sir David Attenborough is the largest civilian ship to be built in the U.K. in three decades, designed to transform U.K. research in the polar regions. Built to carry out oceanographic and other scientific work in both the Antarctic
Queen Elizabeth Awards Attenborough for Ocean Pollution Fight
broadcaster David Attenborough with an award on Wednesday for his hit television nature series Blue Planet II, which raised public awareness around the world of the danger of plastic pollution in oceans.Attenborough, who like the monarch is 93 years old, was awarded the Chatham House prize along with the BBC Studios Natural History Unit for "the galvanizing impact" of the series, the London-based international affairs think tank said.The annual prize honozrs people or organisations deemed to have made the most significant contribution to the improvement of international relations."Your
Priestley Joins WFS Technologies
for Oil & Gas conference to be held in Amsterdam in June.Widely recognized as a thought leader and evangelist on emerging technologies, Preistly has written more than 100 articles for publications including WIRED, Forbes, Venturebeat, Huffington Post, The European, as well as provided commentary for BBC Radio and UK national television.Priestley has been a former vice president at global software companies, SAP and Software AG, and a mentor for startup accelerators including HTC Vive X.His appointment is the third of three that WFS Technologies has made in as many months. Moray Melhuish joined the