By Eric L. Mills Gary Weir and I, after many close professional contacts beginning in 1993 when we met at the ICHO-V congress in La Jolla, lost contact for a time as our career and personal paths diverged. We renewed contact early in 2022, when he wrote: “Yes, I am alive and well and at… Read More Gary Weir (1951-2025). A Personal Appreciation
It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Mme. Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre this past week. Many of us will fondly remember Mme. Carpine-Lancre for her great kindness and generosity. She remained an active and prolific scholar throughout her life, did everything she could to aid colleagues in their research, and was eager… Read More Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre (1933 – 2022)
By Jane Insley and A.D. Morrison-Low Historians of oceanography were saddened to hear of the death of Dr Anita McConnell, FRGS, FRSA, FRMetS, in April 2016. For many of us, her scholarship had shown what could be done to great effect with the material culture of museums in relation to particular sciences, which had its beginnings… Read More Obituary: Anita McConnell 1936-2016
“Carpenter was self-confident, competent, unflappable …” – Ben Hellwarth, Sealab: America’s Forgotten Quest to Live and Work on the Ocean Floor, (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012), 92. The astronaut/aquanaut Scott Carpenter died today at the age of 88. In the 1960s Carpenter was an important member of the Navy’s SEALAB project and one of… Read More Scott Carpenter 1924 – 2013
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