Baltic Sea (Global Adventures): Alcoholic beverages lifted from the bottom of the ocean seem to become favorable. After discovering a century old shipwreck south of the Aland Islands in Finland several months ago (Global Adventures reported here), a group of Swedish and Finish divers recovered 70 bottles of the priceless champagne. Not much is known [...]

Antarctica (Global Adventures): Scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) believe that the Ross and Weddell seas were connected by a trans-Antarctic seaway in Earth’s recent past. They base their conclusion on a study that was part of the Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML). The survey looked at sea-bed colonies of tiny marine filter-feeders called [...]

King William Island (Global Adventures): The search for the two ships of the Franklin Arctic expedition ended without discovering the Erebus and Terror. Parks Canada said that a six-man survey team, supported by the Canadian Coast Guard vessel the Sir Wilfrid Laurier, searched about 150 square kilometers of sea floor in the Queen Maud Gulf [...]

St. John’s (Global Adventures): During a new expedition to the wreck of the Titanic, stunning 3-D images have been captured for the first time. Scientists and archeologists aboard the research vessel The Jean Charcot produced the most detailed map of the wreck site. The RMS Titanic, Inc., the company that was awarded ownership rights to [...]

Menlo Park (Global Adventures): A new update to Google Earth for Android allows divers and landlubbers to view the ocean floor on their smartphone before taking the plunge. Google Earth, a virtual map that now covers the entire globe, was first released as Google Earth in 2005. A mobile version for the iPhone followed on [...]

Atlanta (Global Adventures): The Georgia Aquarium is now officially the largest in the world, according to Guinness World Record. It holds more than 8.5 million gallons (31,000 cubic meters) of salt and fresh water and displays up to 120,000 animals that represent 500 species. Among the animals displayed are four young whale sharks, two beluga [...]

Woods Hole (Global Adventures): Scientists are still trying to figure out how large amounts of marine debris accumulate in certain parts of the ocean and end up floating within the North Atlantic and North Pacific Gyre. The North Atlantic Gyre is estimated to be hundreds of miles (kilometers) across in size, with a density of [...]