Craig is temporarily a post-doctoral fellow at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute who is looking for a permanent position. He spends most of his time balancing his overwhelming geekdom with normalcy so he can function in the real world. Luckily his wife likes his geekiness.
Peter Etnoyer is a Graduate Research Associate at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He studies deep corals and ocean fronts, and he loves to be on the water.
Kevin Zelnio is a Graduate Student Researcher at Penn State studying the ecology of hydrothermal vent and methane seep communities. He raises awareness of the plight of the spineless through folk music.
The Ocean FilmFest begins its fourth year in San Francisco January 20-21. My second resolution is to make this the last year I miss it. At least one of these films features the deep.
Aquanauts, Jerome Scemla , 53 min, France The real Captain Nemo: exploration of the deep ocean from William Beebe's bathysphere in the 1930s, through the deep dive in the Mariana Trench of Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh in 1960, to the recent dives of Robert Ballard in Alvin and the robot Jason to hydrothermal vents along the mid-oceanic rifts. (subtitled) -- KH
Comments
Thanks for the heads up! I live in San Francisco and this is the first time I've heard of this. I am going to make it a point to go on Saturday.
P.S.
Don't say "Frisco." You will be ridiculed.
Posted by: Michele | January 10, 2007 7:35 PM
San Fran?
Posted by: Peter Etnoyer | January 10, 2007 9:45 PM