Bergen (Global Adventures): The Norwegian government has decided to postpone the salvage of submarine U-864, citing technical uncertainties.  The cabinet said it needs more answers about risks involved raising the World War II wreck that sank with a hazardous cargo west of the island of Fedje. “We want to conduct more thorough studies to ensure [...]

Argostoli (Global Adventures): Cephalonia Island is home to picturesque towns such as Lassi and Fiscardo, the famous Myrtos (or Mirtos) Beach, and the Drogarati cave. Cephalonia is named after the mythological figure Cephalus and part of the lonian Islands on the western edge of Greece. Surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, the island offers superb diving [...]

Arlington (Global Adventures): Scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NOAA have recorded the deepest erupting volcano yet discovered. High-definition video of the undersea eruption of the West Mata Volcano (links can be found here: link1 and link2) is just “spectacular.”
“For the first time we have been able to examine, up close, the [...]

Brisbane, Australia (Global Adventures): The Australian government plans to spend $4 million to locate the A.H.S. Centaur, a hospital ship which was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine I-177 14 May 1943.
The Scottish-built vessel was launched in 1924 as a combination passenger liner/freighter and operated a trade route between Western Australia and Singapore via Indonesia, carrying [...]

Hawaii (Global Adventures): Two Japanese submarines designed to carry bombers to strike the U.S. during World War II have been discovered on the seabed off Hawaii. The 400 feet (122 meter) long boats had been captured by the U.S. Navy when Japan surrendered in 1945 and were sunk deliberately the following year after the Soviet [...]

Monterey (Global Adventures): An underwater robot called Phantom HD2 (more details here) has begun policing the floor of Monterey Bay in a new cleanup effort that comes two years after the California created a network of marine reserves along the central coast. Phantom HD2 will help to search for old fishing equipment and whatever else [...]

Antarctica (Global Adventures): A 24-foot long robotic submarine will be deployed to investigate the melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS). Geologists from the Northern Illinois University (NIU) will help to lower the robot through more than a half mile of ice into ocean water.
The National Science Foundation has already awarded $10 million in [...]

Black Sea (Global Adventures): A well-preserved 100 foot (30-meter) wreck dating back to the 18th or 19th century has been found on the floor of the Black Sea. The two mast sailing ship was loaded with stone sheeting, according to a story published by Russia Today. Archaeologists found the ship on August 17 at a [...]