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Beebe: Exploring Inner Space Off Bermuda
When Dr. William Beebe’s bathysphere descended to depths of more than half-a-mile off Bermuda in the 1930s, it opened the world of inner space to explorers in much the same way rockets pioneered what President Kennedy called the “high frontier” 30 years later. The original, recently restored bathysphere, is now on display at the Coney... Read more of this article
History: Bermuda’s 1986 “Maritime Chernobyl”
On October 3, 1986 while on patrol 680 miles northeast of Bermuda, the 10,000 ton, 425-foot long Soviet Yankee Class Ballistic Missile Submarine K-219 suffered an explosion and fire in one of her 16 missile tubes caused by a seal failure which allowed seawater to leak in and mix with residue from the missile’s liquid fuel. Three members of... Read more of this article
Historic ‘Top Secret’ Bermuda Nuke Docs Online
While Bermudians anxiously await the publication of any leaked US diplomatic communiques relating to the Bermuda in the ongoing Wikileaks “Cablegate” document dump, once-top secret communications between the White House and Downing Street almost 40 years ago spelling out the island’s possible role in the event of a global nuclear... Read more of this article
