Tag: oceans

From fantasylands to unique cartographers (including one that’s non-human), here are five stories about maps.

Welcome to the dangerous, cramped world of the saturation diver, and the extraordinary strangeness of working 500 feet under the sea.

An Englishman searches for what’s left of Providence, a failed Puritan colony in the Caribbean.

A fish biologist makes a strong case against eating fish.

Fisheries observer Keith Davis monitored fishing vessels on international waters, devoting his life to protecting the seas — until he went missing. At Hakai Magazine, Sarah Tory reports on his disappearance.

When a West African symbol vanishes, its loss is felt in the ocean — and on land.

73-year-old ocean explorer Bob Ballard discovered the wreck of the Titanic 30 years ago, and he hasn’t stopped exploring the ocean floor since. In a recent piece for Popular Mechanics, Ryan D’Agostino profiled Ballard and the research aboard his ship Nautilus (a 211-foot former East German research vessel that carries seventeen crew and thirty-one scientists and operations specialists). But what […]