Armada 86 05 arrives in the bay off Matnog, Philippines. 14 days of archaeological survey scheduled in the San Bernardino Strait or 'el embocadero', as it was known in the Spanish colonial era, when galleons crossing the Pacific to Manila passed through.

Armada 86 05 has interrupted its voyage to the AllenX-PNM San Bernardino Strait survey site. For the past 15hrs it has been manoeuvring in the Sulu Sea over seafloor that reaches depths of 4400m. A86-05's position is approximately 80NM south west of Central Visayas island. #AllenX #MH370

Showing progress for Armada 78 05 towards the AllenX/Philippines National Museum marine archaelogical survey in San Bernardino Strait. Estimated present position in Sulu Sea, south of Tubbataha Reefs Nat'l Park and ETA in the Strait on Friday, late morning local time. Map: BigOceanData.com

While it's photography rather than cartography this image from the International Space Station does illustrate geographic information: light sources NW Europe, including North Sea oil & gas platforms. I'm also drawn to it as I can recognise the dot that is the town I call home. #30DayMapChallenge

Armada 86 05 voyage to Philippines San Bernardino Strait continues. Illustrating with Marine Traffic's simple route forecast tool, the indicated distance to go suggests 600NM to run, arrival Friday morning local time. 14 days in the SBS area then expected southbound to renew #MH370 search. ⬇️

#OceanInfinity Armada 86 05 has departed Singapore bound for the Philippines San Bernardino Strait. AIS is showing ETA Nov 17th, however, present speed & distance to go suggests only 5 days to the Strait. Of course, arrival in the Strait doesn't necessarily imply an immediate need to dock. ⬇️

Preparation for #MH370 renewed search. Ocean Infinity's Armada 86 05 is manoeuvring into a Singapore harbour basin where Mooreast & ST Engineering are located. Mooreast has previously provided mobilisation services for Armada vessels. But first, a wreck survey is scheduled with #AllenX.

A short clip from late August of Armada 86 05 & 06 during final stages of completion at the Vard facility in Vung Tau, VN. Armada 86 05 is, at present, enroute to Singapore and is then expected to join the AllenX team for the San Bernadino Strait (PH) wrecks survey, weather permitting.

We're maintaining a watch on the assets that will likely be deployed. In the meantime, OI is contributing to a survey with Carl Allen's AllenX/Allen Exploration organisation. AllenX has teamed up with Philippines Nat'l Museum to look for wrecks in the San Bernadino Strait south of Luzon Island.

#Throwback to just last week, when the nation's deepest-diving crewed submersible ALVIN returned to Woods Hole! 🥳 The sub crossed North America by truck last week while its support ship, R/V Atlantis, undergoes maintenance on the West Coast. They're looking forward to reuniting in June!

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“News organizations have for months said the new features, including Google's "AI Overviews," siphon traffic away from their sites, eroding advertising and subscription revenue [by as much as one third].”

In more ways than one offshore wind production bears similarities to offshore oil & gas production. Vessels like these, described by @meretmarine.bsky.social, provide commissioning & operational services for a windfarm throughout its lifetime. #OffshoreWind #Windfarms

Every scientist should have a page to showcase their work, vision, and mission. Initially, I thought that only celebrities could have personal websites. However, with the overwhelming noise on social media, it has become essential for every professional to have their own space. jadsonjall.com

Humans still haven't seen 99.999% of the deep seafloor By Nell Greenfieldboyce www.npr.org/2025/05/07/n...

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Coming up MONDAY! Mapping the Deep, a book talk with Deep-sea Dawn, @deepseadawn.bsky.social! Details and registration here: ceoas.oregonstate.edu/mapping-deep

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Victor Iannello Steve Kent has published an excellent video explaining why WSPR tracking of MH370 is complete rubbish. He supplies the scientific rigor that is absent in the WSPR proponents' papers. m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Uil...

Ocean Infinity's Armada 78 06 vessel continues its search for the seafloor debris field of #MH370. Images below show the broader features of the present search & A78-06's track as it follows AUVs. The AUV endurance will dictate recoveries over the next 24hrs. Refer to ALT text for more detail.

Ocean Infinity's Armada 78 06 vessel continues its search for the seafloor debris field of #MH370. Images below show the broader features of the present search & A78-06's track as it follows AUVs. The AUV endurance will dictate recoveries over the next 24hrs. Refer to ALT text for more detail.

A brief update on progress by Armada 78 06 for #MH370 search this morning, 13th March. AUVs continue to acquire seafloor imagery using side scan sonar over this particularly difficult region. Note the, apparently, blurred areas in the image - these are low res from SRTM dataset, not local MBES. ⏹️

Ocean Infinity's 2nd 'swing' to locate #MH370 underway. The bathymetry for the present work area shows E-W oriented escarpments. Black boundary line depicts the extent of Ocean Infinity's 2018 seafloor search campaign. Vessel track & bathymetry, centred S36.4º E92.0º, view approx 60km x 36km. ⬇️

Authoritative commentary concerning the search for #MH370 can be read at mh370.radiantphysics.com.

#MH370 The perils of predictions. This renewed search has both been months in the preparation, first spoken of with some certainty a year ago, and also fraught with official ambiguity in Malaysia. ⬇️

I remember, decades ago, a young Liam Smeeth running into my office saying “we’ve got the results of the analysis: MMR vaccine doesn’t cause autism”. I gave him a high five and told him to get writing that paper.

Some background to this, renewed, search. Ocean Infinity followed through on its commitment to return to the '7th arc' and search again for the wreckage of #MH370, a Boeing 777 lost 11 years ago ⬇️

Second 'swing' of Ocean Infinity's 2025 #MH370 search beginning. Shortly, Armada 78-06 will begin launching AUVs. Indications from present course & first 'swing' is that a section of escarpment around S35.25º E93.338º needs attention. H/T x-com/LabratSR AIS data: bigoceandata-com

SECNAV named the T-AGOS 25 ocean surveillance ships the Explorer class. The first two ships will be known as USNS Don Walsh (T-AGOS 25) and USNS Victor Vescovo (T-AGOS 26) 🇺🇸 www.navalnews.com/event-news/s...

🌊 Congratulations to David Mearns, CMS alum and world-renowned shipwreck hunter, who was made Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his career of discovering and recovering historic shipwrecks. As always, we are so proud of David! uk.news.yahoo.com/deep-sea-shi...