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ABOUT
THE CONTRIBUTORS
Mark Barnum is a physical oceanographer
and electrical engineer. During his early career he
worked at Scripps Institute of Oceanography and Columbia
University. Now the owner of ATAR, Applied Technology
and Research, he is currently engaged in treasure hunting
and salvage operations with Deep Sea Research and Maritime
Properties, and was on the team of explorers who found
the wreck of the Brother Jonathan.
Scott
Cassell has worked as a commercial diver and helicopter
pilot prior to becoming an underwater cinematographer
in California. He is the co-inventor of the Limpet Rebreather,
a compact device that allows a diver to stay underwater
for 6 hours at a time even to depths of 140 feet. A
marine biologist, Cassell has been active in fishery
enhancement programs, underwater habitat design, and
rekindling man’s interest in conservation of the
ocean’s wonders.
Norm
Estabrook is the marine operations manager and vice
president for deep sea development with SAIC in San
Diego. After earning his masters degree in aerospace
engineering from the University of Southern California,
he spent thirty-five years conducting underwater research,
during most of which he served with the US Navy. Estabrook
is a certified Navy diver, an LA County underwater instructor,
and has served as president of the national Marine Technology
Society. A man of many hobbies, Estabrook is currently
restoring a 1959 vintage Corvette.
Keith
Hinrichsen is a Lieutenant Commander (retired) in
the United States Navy. Hinrichsen entered naval flight
training in November of 1943 and served until June 30,
1970. As a Navy pilot he was trained to fly torpedo
bombers (the TBM Avenger), helicopters, and the lighter-than-air
ships, the blimps. He commanded several helicopter units
for the Pacific Fleet, and flew and tested blimps at
the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst. On August 31, 1962,
he commanded the last operational flight of the Navy
lighter-than-air program.
David
Horrigan is a Canadian inventor, marine engineer,
and an internationally published technology columnist.
Currently president and owner of DHART Engineering,
he was the chief engineer on the submarine, the “August
Pickard,” and has spent many years scuba diving
the North American coast, from the Baja Peninsula to
Alaska. He served as the president of the Marine Technology
Society, San Diego Chapter, in 1997/98 and is the editor
of this book.
Amos
Jessup grew up sailing small craft in New England.
After leaving home, he worked on commercial vessels
in the Mediterranean and North Atlantic regions, starting
as a deck hand and later as a boswain, officer, and
captain. An accomplished diver, Jessup holds an MA in
data management and currently works as a software manager.
Throughout
his career, Tom Lang, PhD, specialized in hydrodynamics.
His experience includes research, design, analysis,
test, and program management. He has authored more than
80 publications and owns 20 patents. Dr. Lang started
the Navy’s SWATH program, initiated the 190-ton
SSP Kaimalino and is the recipient of the one-of-a-kind
“Intersociety Pioneering Award for SWATH,”
sponsored by nine engineering societies including MTS,
SNAME, ASNE, ASME, and AIAA. He lectures throughout
the United States on hydrodynamics.
Jayne
Martin, MS, is a captain (retired) in the United
States Coast Guard and has been a PADI Open Water Instructor
since 1982. During her career she has logged over 3000
dives in varying places as Hawaii, Venezuela, the Bahamas,
New York, and Florida. Still diving every chance she
can get, Martin currently teaches mathematics to both
learning disabled and gifted students.
Peter
Niiler, PhD is a Professor of Oceanography at the
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California,
San Diego. During his distinguished career he has done
research at Brown University, Harvard University, Nova
University, and Oregon State University. Author or co-author
of more than 140 papers and technical reports, he is
currently Associate Editor of the Journal of Marine
Research and Dynamics of Atmosphere and Oceans. One
of Niiler’s more endearing qualities is that things
that belong to him, no matter how far they stray, always
seem to “come home.”
On November 15, 1959, Andreas B. Rechnitzer, PhD,
was the first American to descend to an ocean depth
of 18,150 feet in the bathyscaph TRIESTE. In a special
White House ceremony, he was presented the Distinguished
Civilian Service Award by President Dwight D. Eisenhower
for his record dive and for his leadership as Scientist-in-Charge,
Project NEKTON, which included the maximum possible
dive—35,800 feet—in the Mariana Trench, 23
January l960. A pioneer in the scientific application
of SCUBA diving, he coauthored the first set of training
guidelines and safety rules for scientific and recreational
scuba diving. As a frequent expedition leader he has
explored the depths of major lakes and oceans throughout
the world. The scythe butterfly fish (Chaetodon falcifer)
was discovered and named by him. He is a founding member
of the Marine Technology Society, the Western Chapter
of the Association of Diving Contractors, CEDAM International,
the Dana Point Marine Institute, and the Explorers Club.
Robert
Wernli has worked in the area of unmanned undersea
vehicles for 25 years on US Navy R&D programs. He
has also been active in the Marine Technology Society
where he started and chaired the “Remotely Operated
Vehicle” (ROV) conference series from 1983 through
1992, including the memorial reunion of Roger Chapman
and the CURV III crew at ROV ‘84. He still works
on undersea technology programs for a Navy laboratory
and in his spare time is completing his first novel—an
undersea techno-thriller, of course.
Ralph
White is an award-winning cinematographer, video
cameraman, and editor with hundreds of motion picture
and television credits. He is most famous for his underwater
cinematography—including filming the expedition
that found the wreck of the RMS Titanic and co-directing
the salvage and photography of over 1400 artifacts from
the Titanic’s debris. He is also known for his
work with the National Geographic Society during which
he filmed the 153-year old wreck of the HMS Breadalbane
under the arctic ice cap. Recipient of many awards,
White won an Emmy for his film documentary, “The
Great Whales.”
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