2021 MTS Compass Awards
The winners of the 2021 MTS SUT Captain Don Walsh Award for Ocean Exploration and the MTS Compass Awards have been named.
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Nominations Open for Don Walsh Award for Ocean Exploration
Awarded jointly by the Marine Technology Society (MTS) and the Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) , the Captain Don Walsh Award for Ocean Exploration is presented annually to an individual who has made an outstanding, sustained, international contribution to the development, application or propagation of marine/underwater technology toward the advancement of ocean exploration. Nomination details for the award are at: https://bit.ly/3fyiXIs, www.sut.org and www.mtsociety.org. The closing date for nominations is May 31, 2021. The award is named in
Read moreInaugural Captain Don Walsh Award For Ocean Exploration
The Marine Technology Society (MTS) and the Society of Underwater Technology (SUT) have established the Captain Don Walsh Award for Ocean Exploration to recognize outstanding, sustained, international contributions to the development, application and propagation of marine technology in the advancement of ocean exploration. The inception of this award coincides with the 60th anniversary of Walsh’s historic descent to the deepest
Read more60th Anniversary of Deepest Ocean Dive
Plunging into the deep, dark abyss of the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench, U.S. Navy Lt. Don Walsh and Swiss engineer Jacques Piccard heard a loud cracking sound in their vessel—the bathyscaphe Trieste, which the Office of Naval Research (ONR) purchased for scientific observations. Already 30,000 ft. below sea level, Walsh and Piccard faced the ultimate decision—risk their lives to become
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