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It's really cool that she got to go down, but I think the more interesting story is around Vescovo and his team. [The New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/maga
by GrifMD 6y ago
It's really cool that she got to go down, but I think the more interesting story is around Vescovo and his team. [The New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/18/thirty-six-thousand-feet-under-the-sea https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/18/thirty-six-tho...) has a long-form article published in May about it.
One of my favorite lines from the article:
“And the next day, around lunchtime, everyone went ‘Fuck this, I’ll go for lunch.’ Patrick retrieves a piece of equipment from the deepest point on earth, and it’s just me, going, ‘Yay, congratulations, Patrick.’ No one seemed to notice how big a deal it is that they had already made this normal—even though it’s not. It’s the equivalent of having a daily flight to the moon.”
- Overtonwindow 6y agoThat was a killer article, a really great read.
- philshem 6y agoI agree, and especially liked the salty Scottish sailor speak that was sprinkled throughout. If you liked that one, you may enjoy this other great NYer article about modern explorers (2018): https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/the-white-darkness https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/the-white-dark...
- arethuza 6y agoAnother Scottish connection being the use of Culture ship names - Iain Banks was from Scotland. https://fivedeeps.com/home/technology/names/ https://fivedeeps.com/home/technology/names/
- zimpenfish 6y agoI suppose, pedantically, if you're talking about Culture ship names, he should be referred to as Iain M. Banks?
- arethuza 6y agoIf we want to be that pedantic then we could always use his own Culture name: "Sun-Earther Iain El-Bonko Banks of North Queensferry" ;-) Edit: Apparently his name really was just "Iain Banks": "Menzies was supposed to be his middle name, but his father got it wrong on the birth certificate." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/iain-banks-i-never-had-any-illusions-about-gordon-790223.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/iain-bank...
- spendavis12 6y agoI couldn't agree more, but personally I prefer this article by PopSci: https://www.popsci.com/five-deeps-vescovo-dive/ https://www.popsci.com/five-deeps-vescovo-dive/
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