ADCI Underwater Today

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In the late 1960s, the U.S. Navy launched a program inspired by the work and theories of one George Bond. That program, dubbed Sealab, would lead to the implementation of so-called saturation diving that allowed divers to live, work, eat and sleep hundreds of feet beneath the ocean’s surface in pressurized capsules. Lessons learned from the short-lived program are still in use today, utilized in covert operations and deep-sea exploration.

Houston, Texas-based Oceaneering has received the Subsea Innovation Award, sponsored by Maats Tech, at the 2019 Anual Offshore Support Journal Awards.

 

 

 

The January/February Issue of Underwater Magazine is online now. This issue will be onsite at Underwater Intervention 2019. It features the annual ROV/AUV pictorial showcase, an interview with Hans VanSumeren, Director of the Great Lakes Water Studies Institute, a preview of special events at UI, a maintenance column and much more. All of this in the latest issue of Underwater Magazine.

UNDERWATER Magazine and the ADCI are looking to continue their library of industry-related images. If you have any great pictures of commercial divers, job sites, equipment, or anything else related to the industry that you would be willing to share and possibly see published in an upcoming issue of UNDERWATER Magazine please contact Steve Guglielmo at sguglielmo@naylor.com

At the California Institution for Men, a state prison in Chino, there’s a program that trains inmates to dive deep. At the on-site Marine Technology Training Center, students study commercial diving both underwater and in the classroom. Founded in 1970, the 18-month course has graduated hundreds of men—many of whom have gone on to jobs on oil rigs and ships and only 6 percent of whom have returned to prison.

The Art Guild of the Purple Isles and the History of Diving Museum were recognized for their commitment to the arts in schools through an interdisciplinary marine science project that required students to create an art installation out of wooden fish and clay reef construction.

In this week's STEAM Story, Jaxin Lindgren, Jake Kooiker, Spencer Johnson and Madelyn Kellerman share their Washington Island Elementary ROV program experience.