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MTS, SUT Establish the Inaugural Captain Don Walsh Award importance of technology in advancing the wonders of ocean exploration. Don

Walsh is a heroic model for the tru- est integration of intellectual curiosity, technological savvy, and environmental awareness,” said MTS President Rick

Spinrad. “In creating this eponymous award MTS and the Society for Under- water Technology recognize the critical role played by technology in opening up whole new frontiers of exploration in the sea.” Born on November 2, 1931 in Berkeley, California, Walsh has been involved in oceanography, explora- tion, and marine policy for more than ffty years. Upon graduation from the

United States Naval Academy, he was commissioned as an offcer in the U.S.

Navy and spent 15 years at sea work- ing aboard submarines. On January 23,

MTS, SUT Establish the Inaugural 1960, Walsh, along with Swiss explorer

Captain Don Walsh Award Jacques Piccard, were the frst to de-

The Marine Technology Society (MTS) scend nearly 11,000 meters inside the and the Society of Underwater Technol- bathyscaphe Trieste into the Challenger ogy (SUT) have established the Captain Deep of the Mariana Trench, the deepest

Don Walsh Award for Ocean Explora- known point in any of Earth’s oceans. tion to recognize outstanding, sustained, This feat would not be replicated until international contributions to the devel- 2012, more than 50 years later.

opment, application, and propagation of marine technology in the advancement Greensea Expands, Again of ocean exploration. The inception of Greensea recently added key personnel this award coincides with the 60th anni- to its engineering team in its Plymouth, versary of Walsh’s historic descent to the Mass., offce to support its hull robot- deepest point in the oceans in 1960. ics program. James Truman, Senior “This award both pays tribute to an icon Robotics Engineer, is leading the de- in our community and recognizes the velopment of Greensea’s latest technol-

Fladung (above) and Truman, (below) join Greensea Systesm.

H2H

Norcod

Greensea Greensea Photo: Don Walsh

H2H Wins Bathymetric Survey Deal

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