More from Megan’s adventures: While I was in Rhode Island I had the chance to spend several days at the Inner Space Center, part of the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography. The ISC is the control home-base for ocean exploration occurring globally on the R/V Nautilus and NOAA’s Okeanos Explorer. As […]
Category: Scholar Journeys
Cruise missile sharks— INCOMING
Putting air into a tank
Hey readers- Megan here- checking in from the scholar road! I’ve spent years breathing compressed gas without ever fully understanding all that it takes to get that air jammed into a small bottle. During my visit to Southern California I stopped in at Nuvair compressors, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of air compressors, […]
Catalina Island- Blood Bubbles & Bison!
Welcome to the weekend- here’s a quick update to catch up with me on the road. I just arrived out on Catalina Island for the Emergency Dive Accident Management (EDAM) course at the Wrigley Institute/USC Hyperbaric Medical Center. The EDAM course is a chance for me to learn about how diving accidents happen and […]
A Visit to Navy Dive School: HOOYAH!
My mission to explore the whole diving industry wouldn’t be complete unless I started at the beginning of the story. The Navy pioneered most of the equipment, safety procedures and science of diving long before the recreational community blossomed. I had the chance to return to the heart of it all with a visit […]