THE ENDURING SAGA OF PISCES VI Vickie says: As Al Trice and I worked on this story, it just got more and more interesting—and longer and longer, particularly though additional emails with Scott Waters, Tom Roberts and Al Witney. So, you’ll want to grab a coffee and settle in for a good, long read. Please […]

Vickie: One of the things I’ve most enjoyed about working on both the website and the book DEEP, DARK & DANGEROUS is the number of connections that have come out of it…and that continue to surface. This was especially true when I heard from River Dolfi recently. He’s the young electronics tech that I first

DIFFICULT DIPLOMACY – HICCUPS AND A DROPPED VODKA GLASS HYCO’s experience of building Pisces submersibles for the Russians reads like a political thriller. The initial contract was scuttled in 1972 after the US Navy protested the sale because the steel used in the hull was their “secret” HY 100 steel produced at US Steel and

I was intrigued by a recent email from Nhat (Jay) Chu, who wrote: There’s no greater frontier than the depths of the abyss. There’s still so much unexplored. And I always look back to the men and women whose courage to plunge into the unknown has inspired my generation to a career of adventure. My

Early in January, Tom Gilchrist replied to my email, explaining that he did technical writing, an extension of his former subsea and fuel cell careers. “Now instead of doing the work myself, I write manuals to help other people do it. In turn, that helps me stay involved and in touch.” I was delighted that

Early in December, I got an email from Hugh Dasken, asking if I’d read the book No Time on Our Side about the 1650-foot rescue of Roger Chapman and Roger Mallison in Pisces III off the coast of southern Ireland in 1973. He mentioned that he’d gotten to know Roger Mallison well, which piqued my interest. And I had