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The 1837 Wreck of the Steamboat Home

The following account is taken from the book, Digging up Uncle Evans, by Philip Howard. In October of 1837 the Steamboat Home wrecked on Ocracoke Island. It was the worst sea disaster ever to occur on Ocracoke. Ninety persons lost their lives that

By Kathy Dowsett| 2021-11-12T13:51:57+00:00 November 12th, 2021|Blog :::: KSG Scuba Scoop|0 Comments

New federal rule protects southern resident orcas along Pacific coast

Photo Credit :: Bryan Goff @ Unsplash A federal rule that went into effect July 30 expands protected habitat for the endangered southern resident orcas down the West Coast. The Center for Biological Diversity pushed for the protections, which designate

By Kathy Dowsett| 2021-08-18T21:21:47+00:00 August 18th, 2021|Blog :::: KSG Scuba Scoop|0 Comments

New Quest Planned To Search For Shackleton’s Endurance In The Frigid Waters Of The Antarctic

Photo Credit :: Wikipedia Sir Ernest Shackleton’s lost Endurance ship is a topic of legend. The ship went down in the Antarctic’s Weddell Sea during the explorer’s ill-fated 1914–17 expedition, marking the end of the “Heroic Age” of Antarctic exploration. There have

By Kathy Dowsett| 2021-08-06T13:05:07+00:00 August 6th, 2021|Blog :::: KSG Scuba Scoop|0 Comments

Search for the Lost Whaling Fleets of the Western Arctic

Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean, September 1871, including the George, Gayhead, and Concordia. Scanned from the original Harper's Weekly 1871, courtesy of Robert Schwemmer Maritime Library A LOOK BACK:::: Reproduced from National Marine Sanctuaries from 2016 NOAA archaeologists have discovered the

By Kathy Dowsett| 2021-07-25T20:06:03+00:00 July 25th, 2021|Blog :::: KSG Scuba Scoop|0 Comments

17 Cognitive Biases which Contribute to Diving Accidents

Photo Credit :: Human Diver Humans are subject to a variety of cognitive biases and heuristics (mental shortcuts). These directly impact the decision-making process of the diver, sometimes resulting in incorrect judgments when certain circumstances dictate. In most settings this can be

By Kathy Dowsett| 2021-05-29T14:06:45+00:00 May 29th, 2021|Blog :::: KSG Scuba Scoop|0 Comments

Remains of Medieval Soldier Found With Sword & Knives in Lake

Also, he was still wearing the leather boots he died in. Credit: A. Matiukas Lakes and rivers are also the places where literally hundreds of thousands of soldiers, perhaps millions of them who participated in the wars that have occurred

By Kathy Dowsett| 2021-03-22T23:23:31+00:00 March 22nd, 2021|Blog :::: KSG Scuba Scoop|0 Comments

Scientists Believe Amelia Earhart Wreckage is the ‘Real Deal’

Photo Credit :: Vintage News What happens when particle physics meets the Amelia Earhart mystery? If that sounds complicated, don’t worry – basically a section of fuselage, said to be from her Lockheed plane, is being explored using nuclear power.

By Kathy Dowsett| 2021-03-05T20:23:03+00:00 March 5th, 2021|Blog :::: KSG Scuba Scoop|0 Comments

Near-Death Drift Dive – Accident and Incident

From the perspective of instructor, diver, and dive operations, what does AOW certification actually mean?

By Kathy Dowsett| 2020-11-02T22:45:33+00:00 November 2nd, 2020|Blog :::: KSG Scuba Scoop|0 Comments

SS Cotopaxi Vanished in the Bermuda Triangle, Has Been Found 95 Years Later

The Bermuda Triangle is one of the best places to dive for shipwrecks and Michael Barnette, a biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has been diving one particular wreck for fifteen years. He is now finally able to

By Kathy Dowsett| 2020-09-26T09:58:18+00:00 September 26th, 2020|Blog :::: KSG Scuba Scoop|0 Comments

Protect Great Lakes from Climate Change

Photo Credit :: Green Party of Canada Our Great Lakes are worth fighting for! Climate change, heat waves and rising water levels are threatening the Great Lakes. That amounts to one fifth of the world’s fresh water under threat. Blooms

By Kathy Dowsett| 2020-09-13T17:37:25+00:00 September 13th, 2020|Blog :::: KSG Scuba Scoop|0 Comments