The Wetpixel Oceanic Whitetip Shark Expedition 2015 will run from 12 to 18 April 2015, and will be based on Cat Island (flights into New Bight airport (TBI)).

The trip includes:

7 days 6 nights hotel accommodation hotel on double occupancy (single occupancy available at a supplement). 5 full days of oceanic whitetip shark encounters. Airport pickup/drop-off from TBI to the hotel. Daily Dive Boat Shuttle from the hotel to the boat. Continental breakfast, lunch, snacks, and beverages on the boat. Tanks, air fills, weights, and weight belts.

Her pioneering work in marine conservation and shark behaviour helped to reveal that sharks were not the stupid and vicious animals they were reputed to be. Though she also did research on fish, her main focus was to improve the public image of sharks.

She began her research in the 1950s, and her fascination with the marine world inspired her to find ways of conducting research underwater. She was one of the first to do so while using SCUBA, and also made over seventy deep dives using a submersible, into the deep ocean.

Upon conducting a root cause analysis, we suspected that the issue most likely stemmed from an issue with the battery contacts. This problem can result in lower-than-expected battery life or, in some cases, the computer resetting underwater. We then changed to using full gold plating on all contacts in January 2014. Zero problems have been reported on gold-plated units, confirming our suspicions.

Easy Steps You Can Take

While gold plating (as on all Petrels since Jan. 2014) is the best solution, these steps will allow the older contacts to be used trouble-free.

A new eco-tourism project has just been launched on the spectacular coast of the White Sea, from the village of Chupa. Run by Vasily Efimov and Yulia Suprunenko, it offered tours of the sea coast and forest, seal and bird watching, and a trip to see the beluga whales of Nilma, for the first time this winter. The programs for this spring and summer will soon be announced.