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Category Archives: Oceans
Who gave Santa all that Oil?
This weekend Russia announced that the world’s most northerly oil well was about to spud. Vladimir Putin did the actual announcing himself from his summer vacation palace in Sochi. (He is the guy behind the big desk, above.) He was … Continue reading
All Aboard the Barracuda
Maurice Ewing was a Texas-panhandle farm boy, became a geophysicist, and then and oceanographer. He conducted the first marine seismic acquisition, inventing the equipment he needed as he sailed the oceans. I find it odd that a lad from the … Continue reading
Posted in Exploration, History, Oceans
Tagged Bullard, Ewing, geodesy, Harry Hess, Meinesz, oceanography, subduction
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The Death of Heezen
The Des Moines Register described Bruce Heezen as a large man. This, they said, contributed to his early death at age 53, on this day in 1977. But when we look at photographs of Bruce Heezen, he doesn’t appear to … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, History, Oceans, The Book
Tagged Ewing, geophysics, Heezen, mountain mystery book, oceanography, Tharp
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Searching for Haida Gwaii
Haida Gwaii. Totem poles and sea mist shroud the west coast islands of Canada. Rain is occasionally heavy enough to drown a duck. (30 cm a day is possible.) Or maybe the ducks drown in the tsunamis – earthquakes give … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Exploration, History, Oceans
Tagged books, Canada, Haida Gwaii, Harry Hess
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The Dustbowl Oceanographer’s Birthday
William Maurice Ewing was a Texas farmboy from the state’s desert panhandle. Somehow he became one of America’s greatest oceanographers. Today we remember his birthday (May 12, 1906) and remember a bit about what he did for the study of … Continue reading