A Day Made of Glass 2: Unpacked. The Story Behind Corning's Vision. Google Earth Blog. Special Reports. Inner Space Center. How to be an explorer - News & Advice - Travel. I grew up imbibing the idea that the world was all explored. It's encouraged by watching too much television. In one evening you can easily get the impression you've gone right round the globe. Or even twice, if they're repeating Michael Palin. When I finally did start travelling I was always comparing it to television – I remember thinking in Borneo this jungle isn't half as noisy as the one I saw on David Attenborough.
Or is it? I've recently been to the Gilf Kebir, an area the size of Switzerland in south-west Egypt with no water at all. This example is replicated throughout the world. Just because we've flown over everywhere in a jumbo jet doesn't mean we've explored it. Actually it's the growth in adventure tourism that has sparked the recent surge in DIY exploration. Tim Cope, a young Australian explorer, first experienced the unexplored possibilities of Siberia while on a bicycle trip across Russia.
Even being somewhere 10 years after the last visitors feels like exploration. Speleology. Grotte des Faux-Monnayeurs, Mouthiers-Haute-Pierre (France) Speleology (also spelled spelæology or spelaeology) is the scientific study of caves and other karst features, their make-up, structure, physical properties, history, life forms, and the processes by which they form (speleogenesis) and change over time (speleomorphology). The term speleology is also sometimes applied to the recreational activity of exploring caves, but this is more properly known as caving, spelunking or potholing. Speleology and caving are often connected, as the physical skills required for in situ study are the same. Speleology is a cross-disciplinary field that combines the knowledge of chemistry, biology, geology, physics, meteorology and cartography to develop portraits of caves as complex, evolving systems.
History[edit] Cave geology, hydrogeology and biology[edit] Geochemistry speleothems[edit] Cave cartography[edit] Cave biology[edit] Caves provide a home for many unique biota. Endogean Parahypogean Hypogean. The National Speleological Society. NOAA's Okeanos Explorer | Exploratorium TV. In Digital Age, What's Left For Modern Explorers. Copyright © 2011 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. NEAL CONAN, Host: This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington, broadcasting today from the Grosvenor Auditorium at the National Geographic Society. This is a wonderful building, filled with artifacts and pictures brought back by famous explorers from the Amazon, the Poles, the top of the world and the ocean depths.
You can not only pinpoint the position of your house in a few seconds on a smart phone, you can call up a picture. What do explorers do in the 21st century? We begin with a geologist and underwater explorer, maybe best known for the discovery of the wreck of the Titanic but who's also found lost ships that date to ancient Phoenicia and helped discover new forms of life on the floor of the Pacific. ROBERT BALLARD: Nice to be back. CONAN: What's left to explore in 2011? BALLARD: Lots. CONAN: How do you say that? BALLARD: Oh, there's a lot. Ocean Explorer: New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration 2011. The E/V Nautilus. Click image for larger view and image credit. July 21 - November 16, 2011 Katherine Croff Bell, PhDVice President and Chief Scientist,E/V Nautilus Exploration Program,Ocean Exploration Trust Alexandra Bell WittenDirector of Programs andCoordinator of Outreach/Media,E/V Nautilus Exploration Program,Ocean Exploration Trust The Institute for Exploration (IFE), Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) and University of Rhode Island (URI) Center for Ocean Exploration (COE) are collaborating to lead an expedition during the summer and fall of 2011 to conduct ocean exploration projects in the Black, Aegean, and Mediterranean Seas, and eastern Atlantic Ocean.
The supplement to the March 2012 issue of Oceanography is dedicated to the continuing expeditions of the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer and Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus. Teams are operating from the Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus, a 64-meter research vessel based in Yalikavak, Turkey, operated by the Ocean Exploration Trust. Sea Floor Exploration: Nautilus Masters the Sea. Toronto-based Nautilus Minerals leads the charge in exploring the Pacific Rim of Fire for sea floor massive sulphide deposits By Virginia Heffernan On an autumn day in 1995, Roger Moss slipped his passport into his breast pocket, kissed his wife and baby son goodbye and embarked on a six week journey from Toronto to Lau, Papua New Guinea, where he would join other scientists aboard the RV Yokosuka, a Japanese research vessel.
The mission? To plumb the depths of the Bismarck Sea for "black smokers" that might serve as modern analogues to - and provide an exploration guide for - land-based volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposits. Several days into the voyage, Moss found himself bent double in a tiny submersible, his calves stinging with pins and needles, as he scanned the ocean floor for vent sites. But the discomfort would be worth it. A Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) and drilling equipment is used for sea floor exploration. Underwater sampling of a snail.