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Exploring the Deep Frontier: The Adventure of Man in the Sea (Exhibition)
birth: 1983 January 18
death: 1983 May 15
Exhibition. Opened in January 18, 1983 and closed May 15, 1983. Located in Section 12, Floor 2 in the Roosevelt Rotunda at the American Museum of Natural History. "Exploring the Deep Frontier: The Adventure of Man in the Sea" was an exhibition highlighting a model of a submersible called the Deep Rover.
Summary
"Exploring the Deep Frontier: The Adventure of Man in the Sea" was an exhibition highlighting a model of a submersible called the Deep Rover. Designed by Graham Hawkes, the Deep Rover featured a transparent bubble and handlike sensors to detect force, speed, sound and texture. Dr. Sylvia Earle, a marine botanist and explorer, described the Deep Rover as a "cross between a diving suit and a submersible." The exhibition presented the history and future of undersea exploration through films, photomurals, artifacts and life-sized models including a model of the one-atmosphere JIM suit used by Dr. Earle on her ocean-bottom walk. Also on view was a film sequence which followed cinematographer Al Giddings, Gilbert Grosvenor, president of the National Geographic Society; and diving physician Dr. Joe McInnis in a dive beneath the polar ice cap. The exhibit was presented by the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society and was on view in the Roosevelt Rotunda of the American Museum of Natural History from January 18 through May 15, 1983. The exhibit was shown in conjunction with two related exhibitions in the Museum: "New Frontier of Life" and "Deep Ocean Photography."
Individuals and institutions involved in the creation of the exhibition: California Academy of Sciences; National Geographic Society.