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Personal Perspectives
Keeping Exploration Alive With Manned Submersibles
The Ocean Portal was lucky enough to join the Deep Reef Observation Project team in...
October 2015

Personal Perspectives
Underwater Parks in 3-D
As I readied myself and my camera for a dive in Yellowstone Lake, the largest body...
January 2015

Personal Perspectives
Exploring a Unique Biodiversity Hotspot In the Gulf of Maine
Cashes Ledge is a wild, special place in the heart of the Gulf of Maine. This...
November 2014
Personal Perspectives
Sequencing at Sea: Studying Small Things Using Big Equipment
Microbes are some of the most important organisms in the sea. These miniscule...
August 2014

Personal Perspectives
4,000 Years of Marine History through the Eyes of a Seabird
Most people have never heard of the Hawaiian petrel, an endangered, crow-sized...
May 2013

Personal Perspectives
The Big Five of the Ocean: Exploring the Waters of East Africa
When we think "Africa," we think of the "Big Five"—lions, elephants, leopards,...
November 2012

Personal Perspectives
Whale fossils on the mainland, and into a CT scanner
After a few long days of hard work on the island, we were finally able to excavate...
May 2012

Personal Perspectives
Diving for Crabs in the Deep Sea
Last week, Smithsonian research zoologists Dr. Jerry Harasewych and Dr. Martha...
July 2011

Personal Perspectives
A Sub and a Sea Toad
Have you ever seen a creature so unusual? This fish (22 cm long) is called a...
July 2011

Personal Perspectives
Summer in a Sub: DROP Down to Discovery
You never know where following your passions can take you. I came to the...
July 2011

Personal Perspectives
What Lives in the Gulf of Mexico? Exploring Marine Collections on Google Earth
When he was 10 years old, Stephen Cairns lived in Cuba where he kept a collection...
May 2011

Personal Perspectives
No Fouling Around
Since the dawn of seafaring, humankind has had to deal with the pesky creatures...
December 2010