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It doesn’t matter if you’re in the science field or not. You can find a job in deep sea exploration.
Jacques Cousteau said, “Once the sea casts its spell on you, you are held in its net of wonder forever.”
Deep sea exploration provides so many employment opportunities, and not just for those involved directly in the sciences. The final episode of Deep Sea Wonders of the Caribbean talks about some of them.
I’m almost jealous of the next generation. There are so many new things to learn, and so many ways to make an impact that students looking for the ideal career will have no end of choices.
The Caribbean is sometimes called the Ring of Fire. Volcanoes to the left of us; volcanoes to the right of us…
There are 21 active volcanoes in the Lesser Antilles. That’s an awful lot of volcanoes! In Episode four of Deep Sea Wonders of the Caribbean, we explored one of the most famous, a subsea volcano called Kick ‘Em Jenny. This girl is so powerful that boats and planes steer clear of her, for fear of being brought down by her activity. She also has a kid brother called Kick ‘Em Jack.
Of course, subsea volcanoes are such a chemical-rich environment that sea creatures thrive among them . . . until the next eruption!
The temperatures of the deep sea are scarily inconsistent, ranging from boiling to freezing. And there are creatures at home in either.
Working on the Deep Sea Wonders of the Caribbean was not only exciting, it was educational. It was crazy to learn about the hot hydrothermal vents lying deep below, as well as cold methane seeps so frosty they looked like mountains of snow. And both of them are habitats for the weirdest accumulation of sea creatures. My favourites are the octopuses, who are eerily intelligent.
Kudos also to video project leader, Dr. Judith Gobin, and Dr. Diva Ammon, both scientists from T&T, for being the first two female scientists on board the EV Nautilus! Enjoy Episode Three.
You’ll love visiting the deep sea habitats by RV. The creatures are weirdly beautiful. or beautifully weird.
“What is it about the deep that fascinates us, enthrals us, and even scares us so much? Is it the mystery? The inaccessibility? Or just our natural curiosity?”
The Deep Sea Wonders of the Caribbean project took almost a year, but the team had great chemistry and it was a wonderful experience. I spent months going through hours of deep-sea footage taken by the EV Nautilus, captained by the renowned deep-sea biologist Dr. Robert Ballard, founder of the Ocean Exploration Trust. (He found the Titanic).
What an experience! The creatures were bizarre. The terrain reminded me of sci-fi footage from deep space movies. I literally felt cold while watching!
Here’s Episode Two.
I worked on a series of five videos on the Caribbean deep sea habitat. There’s lots to learn here.
The video series Deep Sea Wonders of the Caribbean was one of my favourite pet projects. I was contracted to produce five scripts and one coffee table book for the National Institute of Higher Education, Research and Technology (NIHERST), a government agency I’d had long-standing affiliations with.
While I did contribute a lot of material to Episode One, I can’t claim a writing credit on it. However, the other four in the series were all mine. Enjoy this introduction.