Bachrach, Arthur J. (1988). A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF DIVING, Best Publishing Company, San Pedro, California, USA.

The 2023 edition is updated throughout, containing over 45,000 changes, and includes: 700 harbour chartlets; tide tables and tidal streams; buoyage and lights; 7,500 waypoints; invaluable passage notes; distance tables; radio, weather and safety information; first aid section. Also: a free Marina Guide. NOTE: During the course of the inquiry conducted by the US Coast Guard, BVS officials admitted that some of the data contained on the BVS had been up to 10 hrs. late. Further, Hurricane Centre officials also admitted that some of the data that they transmitted contained errors. The ocean remains one of the most unexplored places on Earth. Approximately, 80% of the ocean hasn't been mapped or explored.

Photos of Pacific Ocean

The Arctic Ocean (the smallest) is named for the region around the North Pole. The word “arctic” comes from the ancient Greek arktos, or bear, for the bear constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, which include Polaris, the NorthStar. Hamner, WM., Australia's Box Jellyfish. A Killer Down Under. National Geographic 86:2, August, 1994; p. 116.

Clarkson was part of the collective BURST COUCH who organised experimental / electronic music gigs between the years 2000 and 2010 and operated a record label (Lotta Continua) for several years with Gareth Bibby. Artists who appeared at Burst Couch events included Janek Schaefer, Keith Rowe, Colin Potter, Andrew Liles, John Everall, Karl Blake, Sisters of Transistors, Graham Massey, J Collin, Disco Operating System, Illuminati, Triclops, Imitation Electric Piano, Magic Arm, Douglas Benford, Philippe Petit, B-fab UK, Mild Man Jan, Daniel Weaver, Magic City, Opaque, Lee Patterson, Floach, Villa 21, Bess Keloid, Beat Science, Si-Cut db, VJ Fusion, Tactile, King Dice, BOSAH, Phil Mouldycliff, RPM, Albino Mosquito, Mark Pilkington, Quip, Paul Bradley, Mayming, Fonik, Danny Saul, Howard Walmsley, Denis Jones, Raz Ullah, Blue Light Fever, to name a few! Navigation range above 70ºN. lat. to 70ºS. lat., (technically outside the range of INMARSAT) VHF + MF + High Frequency Single Sideband (HF/SSB). The largest region of the Global Ocean, the Pacific Ocean has the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Southern Ocean to the south, Australia, and Asia to the west and the Americas to the east. Spanning an area of 168,723,000 square km, the Pacific Ocean accounts for one-third of the total surface area of the planet. The deepest point in the Pacific Ocean is the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench (10,929 m) located in the western North Pacific.
Large parts of the Pacific remain unexplored due to its great depths. However, in the relatively shallow waters off the coast of Australia and New Zealand, petroleum and natural gas deposits have been discovered. Pearl extraction is also common in the Pacific's waters. A large variety of fish like tuna, salmon, swordfish, herring, snapper, etc., abound in parts of the Pacific. urn:lcp:oceanalmanac00hend:epub:5645a357-e6b8-4cac-8ef5-fb741496fb15 Extramarc University of Michigan Foldoutcount 0 Identifier oceanalmanac00hend Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t3rv1dn79 Isbn 0385140770 As advised by Lloyd’s List Intelligence Casualty Statistics, the cause of up to 50% of all vessels lost each year is due to ‘Foundering’ (commonly defined as ‘ Sinking due to rough weather, leaks, breaking in two etc.’). This data confirms the view that severe and extreme weather present the greatest risk that ships, their owners and their crews face while at sea and even when in port. It therefore follows that the pro-active minimisation of the weather risk requires the greatest possible attention to ensure the successful exercise of both shipowner and crew due diligence. Weather Forecasts and Passage PlanningNOTE: The Hurricane Centre advice was received through the INMARSAT C system and was displayed directly on the bridge. atolls: Atolls are the remains of dormant volcanic islands. In warm tropical oceans, coral colonies establish themselves on the margins of the island. Then, over time, the high elevation of the island collapses and erodes away to sea level leaving behind an outline of the island in the form of the fringing coral reef. The resulting low island is typified by the coral reef surrounding a low elevation of sand and coral above sea level with an interior shallow lagoon. Often times the remaining dry land is broken into a ring of islets. Some lagoons can be hundreds of square kilometers. It may take as long as 300,000 years for an atoll formation to occur. Guyots are submerged atoll structures, which explains why they are flat topped seamounts. The following are examples of atolls found in the Pacific Ocean; for more information see the following entries in The World Factbook. Hong, et. al. Daily diving pattern of Korean and Japanese breath-hold divers (ama). Undersea Biomedical Research 1991;18:433-443. He’s [the Captain’s] telling everybody [the crew] down there—ohhh, it’s not a bad storm, it’s not so bad . . . it’s not even that windy out . . . seen worse.” Minutes later, the 2nd Mate added, “I think he’s just trying to play it down because he realizes we shouldn’t have come this way . . . saving face.”