Deep, dark and dangerous : the story of British Columbia's world-class undersea tech industry / Vickie Jensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jensen, Vickie, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ocean engineering.

Ocean engineering industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 pages)

Place of Publication:

Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

How British Columbia became an international hotspot for submarines, submersibles, Newt Suits, underwater robotics and a host of other cutting-edge undersea technologies.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Al Trice: The challenge of working underwater

A winter dive on the Fraser

Working on the water

There's got to be a better way

Phil Nuytten: Pushing the limits

Totem poles, canoes and books

HYCO: "Where we all started"

Finally, the launch of Pisces I and a first job

Working the torpedo range and paying the bills

Introduction to the oil and gas industry

A new start and an ending

HYCO: Chronicle of a subsea legend

A new design for a new Pisces

Pisces II and III-a new money pot!

HYCO Goes Public

SDL-I: Buying Local

Pisces IV, a contract that goes sideways, and Pisces V

Other HYCO problems

Aquarius, the shallower, cheaper alternative, 1973

The remarkable Pisces VI

Finally, submersibles for Russia: Pisces VII and XI (1975 and 1976)

Pisces VIII and X, Leo and Taurus

Phil Nuytten: Can-Dive, Oceaneering and Nuytco

The challenge of underwater construction work

Hooking up with Lad Handelman and Cal Dive

Oceaneering emerges on scene

The Oceaneering minnow swallows the whale

Can-Dive logistics

Support work in the oilfield

Can-Dive's new product: Deep Rover

An exit from Oceaneering

Complex construction work

Going public: International Hard Suits becomes Hard Suits Inc.

Memorable projects: Remora, DeepWorker, the Newtsuit and Exosuit

T. Thompson Ltd.: The importance of connections

OceanWorks: Synthesis of innovation

Contract #1: HS2000 (HARDSUIT 2000)

Contract #2: Pressurized Rescue Module System (PRMS)

The history of the two OceanWorks

A bad end

International Submarine Engineering (ISE) and James McFarlane

The wisdom of building ROVs

Expanding the company's mandate

The AUV revolution

Feedback-the learning goes both ways.

Company history and core employees

We changed the world

Sonar: The magic of seeing underwater

Sonar basics

Willy Wilhelmsen and Helmut Lanziner

Helmut and Can-Dive

The challenges of Arctic work

The start of Imagenex

Mark Atherton, Can-Dive, Simrad Mesotech and Kongsberg Mesotech

Passing on the knowledge

Atlantis Submarines and underwater tourism

Building the idea

Pilot certification

Building the Team

John Witney

Tom Roberts

Les Ashdown

Mavis Mitchell

Ben Hurd

Daniel Hurd

John Horton's elusive dream: The Auguste Piccard

The search begins again

Inuktun: Smaller is better

The right time and the right technology

Recent Company Update

Subsea science

Dr. Verena Tunnicliffe, University of Victoria

Enter Venus and cabled observatories

Keith Shepherd and the Canadian Scientific Submersible Facility (CSSF)

Neptune comes online

Dr. John Bird, DREP and DREO

SFU and the Underwater Research Lab

Glen Dennison, citizen scientist

Getting into the subsea business today

Erika Bergman, submersible pilot

Alison Proctor: AUV pilot and PhD

Scott Waters and his Pisces VI team

Tips from the Trailblazers

Eric Jackson, President of Cellula Robotics Ltd.

John Witney, engineer, HYCO and Atlantis Submarines

Jean-Marc Laframboise, senior technical adviser for International Submarine Engineering (ISE)

James A.R. McFarlane, Ventana ROV pilot for MBARI, ISE

Mavis Mitchell, subsea designer and BCIT instructor

Mark Atherton, sonar specialist, Kongsberg Mesotech

Phil Nuytten, diver, inventor and owner of Can-Dive, Nuytco Research

Acknowledgements

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Jensen, Vickie Deep, Dark and Dangerous

ISBN:

9781550179217

OCLC:

1293263453