Tag Archives: west end
Expedition to 2000 feet
By Caro Hafeneder and Thomas Przysucha – 26 May 2011 – TheBestWorldTrip.com At 610m depth- yes, that’s right- we discovered the deepness of the world. However, to get there was a long way. First of all, we finally left our … Continue reading →
Explore the Ocean Depths in a Homemade Submarine
By Rachelle Dragani – April 14 2011 – TIME Magazine There are plenty of people with a fascination for exploring the ocean depths. It takes an extraordinary — and quite possibly eccentric — person to actually do so in a submarine … Continue reading →
Six Gill Sharks – Sportfish or Tourism
Patric Douglas – Saturday, June 20, 2009 – SharkDiver.com A few years ago I was in Honduras with our company looking for whale sharks. While the island of Utila turned out to be hit and miss for commercial shark diving … Continue reading →
Stanley Submarine Ride
By Marc AuMarc and Madam J – April 13 2009 – Les Fruits De Mer Although it is the antithesis of Extreme Shallow Snorkeling, this is without a doubt the single most amazing experience of my life. Our trip lasted … Continue reading →
Dangerous Encounters: Jurassic Shark
By Brady Barr – Jan 5 2009 – National Geographic Dangerous Encounters with Brady Barr Plunging to extreme ocean depths, braving frigid waters, and dodging razor sharp teeth, Brady Barr is on a quest to get close up to one … Continue reading →
Capt. Stanley’s unlicsensed, DIY shark dives
By Jeff Wise – October 21, 2008 – CNN Money Karl Stanley is a very happy man: he just found a dead horse. The entrepreneur made the discovery while cruising in his submarine, the Idabel, 1,700 feet beneath the waters … Continue reading →
In Too Deep
By Jonathan Green – June 30, 2008 – Daily Mail Online With a fizz of compressed gas and an ominous gurgling, the moss-coloured ocean swallows the little yellow submarine. We sink from the surface, the contraption plunging far below boats … Continue reading →
Off the Deep End
By Thayer Walker – June 2008 – Outside Magazine Karl Stanley’s homemade submarine has sprung a leak. It’s a discovery both fortuitous and disconcerting. Fortuitous because I notice it as we bob on the surface of the placid Caribbean Sea, … Continue reading →
A Sinking Feeling
By Paul Kvinta – February 2008 – Outside’s Go I’ve been chewed up and spit out by a number of woman in my life, but in terms of sheer nastiness, what Idabel did to me off the coast of Roatán … Continue reading →