The Watch
LATITUDE
UNMANNED SUBMARINES MIGHT FIND HISTORIC SHIPWRECK In 1915, the ship of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the famed explorer, sunk to the bottom of the Weddell Sea in the Antarctic. Not a trace of it has been recovered, but that could change soon. A team of international scientists will set off in 2019, hoping their unrelated work also leads them to the Endurance, reports the U.K.’s Independent newspaper. Helping them out will be the most advanced unmanned submarines humankind has developed so far. Led by British scientists at Cambridge University’s Scott Polar Research Institute, the team will be the first to use autonomous underwater vehicles equipped with multi- beam echo sounders to scan the seabed. The team’s focus is to study the Larsen C Ice Shelf, which recently calved one of the biggest iceberg ever recorded in Antarctica.
IF YOU HAPPEN TO SEE A SHIPWRECK Autonomous underwater vehicles will accompany a team of scientists to the Antarctic, where they’ll help research a massive calving—and maybe find Shackleton’s long-lost ship. -photo courtesy Ocean Infinity/Weddell Sea Expedition
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING & CONFERENCE
APEGA extends its deepest gratitude to the following organizations for their generous sponsorship of the Annual General Meeting & Conference 2018.
BENEFACTOR
SUPPORTER Canadian Natural Resources Limited Capital Power ENMAX EPCOR Utilities Inc. Fluor General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada Great-West Life Ledcor Group of Companies NOVA Chemicals
SUMMIT AWARDS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TransCanada
SUMMER 2018 PEG | 65
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