022 – Live-streaming the deep with Kasey Cantwell

https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/022-dive-streaming

One of the most exciting parts of our job is going to places that no one has ever been before and seeing things that no one has ever seen. It turns out, we were making that far harder than it needs to be, we can do all this from home! Several of the big names in deep-sea exploration live-stream (or dive-stream if we’re being cute). With just a few seconds delay, you can see deep-sea exploration as it happens and may be present for very significant finds. You never know what you’re going to find down there.

The big players in this space are the Schmidt Ocean Institute, Nautilus Live from the Ocean Exploration Trust and Ocean Exploration/Okeanos Explorer from NOAA. We are lucky enough to chat with Kasey Cantwell, the Operations Chief of the NOAA Ocean Exploration Expeditions and Exploration Division. We talk about the amazing opportunities this new way of doing science presents. From allowing 300 experts to take part, to swapping out your expert team when you find something unexpected and even the physical and societal barriers that can be removed. But it’s not just about getting science done, it’s about sharing these experiences with everyone. Online communities are forming around these streams and illustrations, poetry and memes are just as valid outputs.

In recent news we hear how preparations are going for Alan’s upcoming cruise. We talk about the octopus garden providing a nice warm spot to brood eggs, living underwater for long periods of time and the evolution of early vamperoids.

No episode would be complete without our regular check-in with Don Walsh to hear about his involvement with the early days of ROV and AUV research.

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Glossary

AUV – Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Berth – Beds available onboard a ship basically

Manganese nodule – potato shaped balls of metal that form on the seabed, the focus of deep-sea mining

ROV – Remotely Operated Vehicle

Taxonomist – A specialist in categorising a specific group of species.

Telepresence – Live-streaming what you’re doing on the internet

Links

Our new merch!

Tangaroa by Alien Weaponry

YouTube

Spotify

Octopus brooding in warm water

Article

Conference abstract

Living under the sea

Fabien Cousteau (Jacques Cousteau’s grandson) undersea live-in labs

Aquarious undersea lab

Two weeks under the sea

Earliest vampire squid

Article

Paper

Discovery of Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance

Paper that predicted that it would be intact

The Galathea Legacy - book - JohnQuentin.com

Start dive-streaming yourself!

NOAA Ocean Exploration

Schmidt Ocean Institute

Nautilus Live

Become part of the online community!

Livestream Oceanographic Discord

Look out for expedition names as hashtags on Twitter

Credits

Theme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel

Logo image

Alan’s new lander systems being loaded aboard

“We found a deep sea fish and told it it was beautiful” - Live-stream inspired art by C. B. Sorge - cbsorgeartworks.tumblr.com