As the first waves from the Japanese tsunami hit Crescent City last Friday, a crab-boat captain made a last-minute decision to run his boat out to sea.
Shadowing fishermen’s nets with a robot sub
A remotely-operated vehicle sheds light on life at 90 fathoms
Smithsonian Magazine: Steering Ships Through a Treacherous Waterway
Braving storms with 20-foot seas, an elite group of ship pilots steers through one of the world’s most treacherous waterways—the mouth of the Columbia River.