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A Sea Turtle is Born in Alaska

nobody@vox.com(OceanDoctor) — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:35:14 -0400

I awakened at 4am in my bunk to something strange. The ship was still. After enduring two days of pounding seas and gale-force winds, we had at last arrived at the island of Unalaska and were nearing the port of Dutch Harbor. A few hours later,...

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Attacked by the Giant Squid's Cousins

nobody@vox.com(OceanDoctor) — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:17:01 -0400

It's the fantasy of many a marine biologist and explorer. To catch a glimpse of the giant squid, alive, and in its natural habitat: The deep ocean. Giant squid have been scientifically documented at a size of up to an incredible 43 feet long ba...

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Where Condos Fall from the Sky

nobody@vox.com(OceanDoctor) — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:14:15 -0400

They look strange, out of place…and they are. Because they're not from around here. The odd-shaped stones and boulders that pepper the flat, dark, silty bottom here at nearly 1,800 feet look like meteorites, each surrounded by a wide, shallow cra...

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Alone in the dark with a pen light

nobody@vox.com(OceanDoctor) — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 02:51:58 -0400

Yesterday (Thursday) morning, Michelle Ridgway and I descended in the twin subs for our expedition's penultimate dive on Pribilof Canyon. Michelle's lights shone as tiny pinpoints in the distant green as the light from above slowly vanished an...

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Choose Nausea or Sleepiness. Or Perhaps You'd Like Both?

nobody@vox.com(OceanDoctor) — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:38:15 -0400

Earlier in this blog I've confessed my darkest secret as a marine scientist: I get seasick. So my biggest fear of the Bering Sea is what the Bering Sea is fond of doing often -- getting rough with the boats that dare to ply its waters. Yesterda...

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