Cayman Islands (Global Adventures): The former U.S. Navy submarine rescue ship USS Kittiwake is set to become the latest addition to the Cayman Islands artificial reef program. After 7 years of planning the Cayman Islands Tourism Association says that the sinking of the 251 feet (77 meter) long ship has been confirmed for July 27, [...]

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, [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]