Foreword: For those of us who have had the privilege of being part of this ever-growing deep-sea community for many years, it is truly wonderful to see how the hard work of our colleagues is built upon over the decades.
So many things have changed in terms of new technologies and enhanced international collaborations but still we often refer to the work of our predecessors in order to thoroughly understand our deep-ocean life.
Here we celebrate
those who have worked before us to lay the foundations of our work today
we thank them for their life-long dedication to ocean exploration,
those who have shared their passion
those who contributed to the emergence of so many careers
making many of us ambassadors of the deep ocean,
a dedication that many of us share.
by Maria Baker (DOSI, University of Southampton) and Jozée Sarrazin (Ifremer)
In memoriam:
- Amelie Scheltema (1920-2015)
- Carlo Heip (1945-2013)
- Craig Cary (1955-2024)
- Diane Poehls Adams (1980-2017)
- Don Walsh (1931-2023)
- John Gordon (1942-2021)
- Eve Caroline Southward (1930-2023)
- Fred Grassle (1939-2018)
- Graham Shimmield (1958-2016)
- Heiko Sahling (1969-2018)
- Howard Sanders (1921-2001)
- John Allen (1926-2020)
- John Brodie Wilson (1938-2017)
- John Gage (1939-2005)
- Kristian Fauchald (1935-2015)
- Lev I. Moskalev (1935-2020)
- Mary Esther Rice (1926-2021)
- Myriam Sibuet (1945-2022)
- Michael Tuerkay (1948-2015)
- Robert R. Hessler (1932-2020)
- Roger Bamber (1949-2015)
- Ron O’Dor (1944-2020)
- Rudolf (Rudi) Scheltema (1926-2019)
- Sergei Evseenko (1949-2020)
- Stanley Kim Juniper (1954-2024)
- Torben Wolf (1919-2017)
The Society calls for anyone to contact us if we miss anyone who shall be remembered here.
Please contact communications@dsbsoc.org and/or secretary@dsbsoc.org with a tribute to your late mentor, friend or inspirational, deep-sea science heroes.
