NAUI turns 50. Are the founding principles still valid half a century later, have they changed, and how does the organization plan to evolve in the next 50?
One thousand and 192 islands, islets and sand cays string the 26 atolls of the Maldives; from the air they float like emerald necklaces flung upon a cobalt blue sea.
However, Swedish Navy spokesman Capt. Bo Rask said Thursday there were no signs the submarine had been damaged by weaponry, but a metal wire
The submarine, a Whiskey-class vessel from the 1950s that was once common in the Soviet navy, was discovered by chance during a seabed survey.
The wreck lies on the seabed in the Swedish economic zone. Some hope that the find will finally prove that Sweden were subject to repeated intrusions by former Eastern bloc submarnes during the 1980s.
Using statistical analysis, researchers have demonstrated that the journeys of three species—tiger, thresher, and blacktip reef shark—were not made by accident; the sharks followed some kind of path.
Scientists analysed data from tiger sharks tagged with acoustic transmitters and found they took directed paths from place to place. Other species, such as blacktip reef or thresher sharks, did not show this behaviour.
