OceanX
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OceanX is an ocean exploration initiative founded by Mark Dalio and Ray Dalio, founder of investment firm Bridgewater Associates, an initiative by Dalio Philanthropies.[1] OceanX utilizes science, technology and media[2] to explore and engage in public awareness activities and promotion efforts for the oceans and marine conservation efforts.[3] The initiative also aids and facilitates ocean research for scientists, science institutions, media companies and philanthropy partners.[4]
Vessels
[edit]OceanX's first vessel was the MV Alucia, a 56-meter research and exploration vessel bought by Dalio in 2011.[5] The ship was outfitted with two deep-sea submersibles, a helipad, science labs and media facilities.
In 2021, the Alucia was sold, to be replaced[6] by the 87-meter OceanXplorer, a former oil exploration ship named Volstad Surveyor. It carries 4 submersibles and hosts a dive center, a media center and 4 laboratories.[7]
OceanX Media
[edit]OceanX Media (formerly Alucia Productions) is the media production arm of OceanX.[8] OceanX Media worked with the BBC Earth on the nature documentary series Blue Planet II, taking BBC Studios on nine missions that contributed to four episodes of the series,[9][10] including Episode 2, The Deep, in which OceanX and BBC conducted the first-ever deep-sea submersible dives to the Antarctic seafloor.[11][12] The episode was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program.[13] A video from the dive won the Webby Award in Social: Education and Discovery in 2019.[14] The video was directed by OceanX Media Creative Director Mark Dalio.[15]
Alongside BBC Earth, OceanX Media co-produced Oceans: Our Blue Planet, the Giant Screen companion film to Blue Planet II.[16][17] The film is sponsored by Microsoft.[18]
OceanX Media content has also been featured in media outlets including Mashable,[12] Business Insider,[19] Scientific American,[20] Earther,[21] Discovery Channel Canada,[22] and National Geographic.
Accomplishments
[edit]OceanX missions and missions aboard the MV Alucia have been responsible for:
- Capturing the first-ever footage of a giant squid (Architeuthis).[23]
- Exploring the Great Barrier Reef with Sir David Attenborough for the Emmy Award-winning series Great Barrier Reef (2015). [23]
- Exploring the ocean’s blue holes for the Emmy Award-winning National Geographic channel series Years of Living Dangerously (2014-2016).[24]
- Discovery of the 2009 wreckage of Air France Flight 447.[25]
- Discovery of the Baltic Sea anomaly in the Gulf of Bothnia (June 2011).
- Discovery of the Galápagos (jaguar) catshark (Bythaelurus giddingsi).[26]
- Discovery of over 180 newly-described species of bioluminescent fishes.[27]
- The first-ever open-water test of Orpheus, a deep-sea drone prototype developed by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), to explore the deep water hadal zone and, eventually, the suspected subsurface oceans of Jupiter's moon Europa.[19][28]
Partners
[edit]In addition to its internal science and media operations, OceanX partners with several media, science and philanthropy organizations to facilitate and support their ocean research.[29] Its partners include the American Museum of Natural History, BBC Studios, filmmaker James Cameron, photographer Paul Nicklen, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, explorer Sylvia Earle,[4] and scientists Edith Widder[20] and Samantha Joye.[21]
OceanX co-created the #OurBluePlanet digital initiative with BBC Earth with the goal of getting 1 billion people talking about the oceans.[30][31]
In 2018, OceanX partnered with Bloomberg Philanthropies to commit $185 million over four years to ocean exploration and protection efforts.[32]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ocean Exploration and Awareness". www.daliophilanthropies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ "OceanX Aims to Inspire Human Connection to the Sea". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ Loria, Kevin. "The founder of the world's largest hedge fund is launching a new mission to explore the ocean — and says it's 'more exciting and more important' than going to Mars". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ a b OceanX. "Announcing the Launch of OceanX, a Bold New Mission to Explore the Ocean and Bring it Back to the World". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ Limb, Lottie (11 February 2024). "Ocean Xplorer: On board the billionaire's research vessel broadcasting from the deep sea". Euro News.
- ^ "OceanXplorer: Inside the unique expedition yacht unlike anything else afloat". www.boatinternational.com. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ "OceanX || Our Ship: OceanXplorer". oceanx.org. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ "OceanX Media". Vimeo. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ "Inside the 'Blue Planet II' Dive Into the Deep Sea". Oceans. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ Schultz, Abby. "Mark Dalio and OceanX Combine Science and Storytelling". www.barrons.com. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ "OceanX Goes 3,000 Feet Under Antarctic Waters". ROAM. 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ a b Freedman, Andrew (2018-03-08). "Antarctica's seafloor is teeming with life, rare submersible footage shows". Mashable.
- ^ Blue Planet II - IMDb, retrieved 2019-04-02
- ^ "The Deepest Dive in Antarctica Reveals a Sea Floor Teeming With Life – OceanX & BBC Earth -- The Webby Awards". Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- ^ "OceanX's Video Wins Best Video in Social: Education and Discovery Category in the 23rd Annual Webby Awards". PRWeb. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- ^ "Postcards from the Deep Ocean by a Veteran Filmmaker". Goop. 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ Centre, Ontario Science. "Discover a spectacular world of life beneath the waves at the Ontario Science Centre with Oceans: Our Blue Planet". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ "Microsoft to Sponsor Oceans: Our Blue Planet, the Newest Film from BBC Earth, Giant Screen Films and OceanX Media". Giant Screen Cinema Association. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ a b Brueck, Hilary. "NASA is testing a new submarine that will hunt for undiscovered sea life — and scientists eventually want it to look for aliens on Europa". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ a b Saplakoglu, Yasemin. "Submersibles Peer into the Greatest Living Light Show on Earth [Video]". Scientific American. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ a b Funes, Yessenia (30 March 2018). "This Badass Woman Explores the Deep Sea to Help Us Save It". Earther. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ "Daily Planet | Science News and Video Clips". Discovery. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ a b "The Final Frontier...with Mark Dalio from OceanX". www.superyachttimes.com. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ National Geographic (2016-11-03), What Blue Holes Have to Say About Climate Change | Years of Living Dangerously, retrieved 2019-04-02
- ^ Hylton, Wil S. (2011-05-04). "What Happened to Air France Flight 447?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ "OceanX: Discover the Space Few Have Dared Explore". OceanX. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ "Creatures Of Light Bioluminescence". OceanX. 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ Kaufman, Mark (March 2019). "NASA dropped a space exploration robot into Cape Cod's waters to reach the darkest unknowns". Mashable. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ Huddleston, Tom Jr. (2018-06-05). "Ray Dalio, James Cameron launch OceanX". www.cnbc.com. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ "Our Blue Planet | BBC Earth". Our Blue Planet. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ "BBC #OurBluePlanet (@OurBluePlanet) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ "Michael R. Bloomberg and Ray Dalio's OceanX Announce Over $185 Million for New Partnership to Increase Ocean Exploration and Protection". Bloomberg Philanthropies. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
