UVP NEWS
Hunting Poachers mission (Aug 2010) » Dale and I have just returned from our latest rECOn mission Hunting Poachers which ran from August 15th to the 20th.  This time we were joined by cameraman Ed Wardle whom was filming our operatio...
'Citizen Scientists' May Explore Catalina's Deep Water » AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND - Catalina Island is known as the SCUBA diving capital of Southern California. Divers flock to the Island's crystal clear waters teaming with colorful marine life, golden ga...
Become a Supporter, Sponsor or Explorer » Join the UVP Team Today! At the age of six my parents took me to the theatre to see a movie... It was Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. The magic of this movie hit me so hard I was physical...
HUNTING POACHERS IN BAJA » In May 2010 the Sea Wolves Team embarked to find and film evidence of poacher activity in Northern Baja. They didn't need to look far... Download article as PDF The terror attack o...
The Re-Birth of a K-250 » From ‘Trilobite’ to ‘Great White’ Download article as PDF As I drove into Pasadena California at the invitation of a retired Radiologist my imagination soared with images of a repo...
The CALUV Team » Best of the Best Download article as PDF In the age-old tradition of up-coming exploration expeditions we now announce the invitation to “make yer mark!” and join us!  The CAL...
Mission CALUV » Following the major success of TAHOE Download article as PDF The cold wind blows across the deck of the rugged aluminum survey vessel as it tows the SEAMobile submersible towards L...
The CALUV requires gear, money and people » Download article as PDF The CALUV is estimated to cost $40,000 for the month (of the  most basic) of operation. We are open to creative ways to raise this money and encourage y...
SoCal man embarks on underwater journey » LOS ANGELES (KABC) — The Earth’s surface is 71 percent water, yet most of the world’s undersea depths remain unexplored. But one Southern California man is getting ready to embark on an underwater ex...
Depths of Lake Tahoe to be Explored by Undersea Voyager Project » South Lake Tahoe, Calif. April 16, 2009 – Undersea Voyager Project, an ocean exploration team based out of Southern Calif., is embarking on a five-year expedition to study the Earth’s oceans, of which...

The Undersea Voyager Project

Preserving the human experience in exploration, discovery, and education.

The Undersea Voyager Project is a non-profit organization established to circumnavigate and study the Earth's oceans (27,000 miles) at depths of 100–1,000 feet utilizing human piloted submersibles. The Project will advance and communicate scientific understanding of the oceans, their interrelationship with climate, and human impact on the marine environment to a global audience.

 

 

 

The Origins of UVP

When Scott Cassell was a boy of six, he saw a movie that would set the course of his life: Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. As Scott watched the Giant Squid attack the Nautilus he knew his life would involve the ocean, submersibles, and Giant Squid. In elementary school Scott read about the “Deepest Dive” of the US Navy’s Bathyscaphe Trieste, in which two people dove 7 miles to the bottom of the ocean to the Challenger Deep of the Marianas Trench. As a child Scott's...

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