Uncharted Waters 4 English 44
Berry Spitsberg
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Peering out over the blue-green surf of the Atlantic Ocean is like catching a glimpse of infinite time. From our vantage point on land, its monumental scale makes it look immutable, eternal; a bottomless resource. For most of our short existence as a species, that has been the case. Ever since our ancestors first pulled food and other resources from beneath its surface, the sea has been essential to our growth and survival. In the next century, its waters will take a remarkable turn. The ocean itself and the ways we use it are poised to change dramatically, making it a very different place from the one we know today.
Reminiscent of a tart blueberry dessert, this beer was brewed to push boundaries and sets Jersey Cyclone on course for truly uncharted waters. We brewed a simple beer base that we added cinnamon and lactose to and left to sour in our kettle. We then fermented this tasty brew before adding a large amount of delicious blueberry puree. This beer is tart yet sweet with undertones of cinnamon and oats.
While reading about the ghost ship Jiang Seng I noticed that Wikipedia claimed it was drifting in uncharted waters in the Gulf of Carpentaria. I tried to find a primary source referencing uncharted waters but couldn't find any so this may just be one editor's penchant for artistic license.
Regardless it got me thinking: are there any oceans or perhaps other parts of the world that can still be called uncharted? Or has satellite navigation and imaging given us a complete picture of our globe?
There are many "uncharted waters". Nautical charts have information about water depths, dangers to navigation, aids to navigation, anchorages, and other features. You can see here what might be included in a nautical chart: U.S. Chart No. 1
Yes satellites have mapped the world... and coastline is well defined. You can even learn about underwater depths using satellite instrumentation that detects gravity (e.g. CryoSat2) as discussed here: Global seafloor map reveals uncharted sea mountains, stunning details of Earth's oceans which discusses recent measurements of the seafloor from space.
University of Sydney geophysicist Dietmar Müller said about 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by water and roughly 90% of the seafloor is uncharted by survey ships that employ acoustic beams to map the depths. ... Müller said the conclusions the [satellite] researchers made about seabed topography may be less accurate than acoustic beam methods employed by ships.
A lot depends on the definition of "charted". How much detail must we know for an area to gain this status? As others have said, we have a low-resolution idea of all of the non-ice-covered seabed from satellite altimetry and gravity measurements - but there is a big difference between this, with a resolution measured in miles, and a high-resolution multibeam sonar survey in coastal waters that might resolve down to less than a metre.
Much, but not all, of the planet's coastal waters have been surveyed at one time or another, often by colonial navies. A lot of modern Admiralty charts have sections for which the last survey was conducted in (say) 1882. These surveys were conducted by a man dropping a lead weight over the side of a ship and measuring how far it fell; neither their accuracy nor their resolution is up to modern standards and, even if the measurements were accurate when taken, sediments may have moved in the time since.
Remember the recent disappearance of the Malaysian Airlines flight 370, assumed lost off the coast of Australia? They could not really begin looking for it without first getting a decent map of the ocean floor. It was "uncharted" for the purpose of that search - for most people, "really deep" is all you need to know for practical purposes, but in this case the information about the seabed that was needed was not available.
"It is kind of unchartered waters with strength of schedule being what's going to be looked at," said Southwestern Athletic Conference commissioner Duer Sharp. "Our schools just have to be smart. There are different ways to make money, and you've got to be smart about it."
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This Article examines the nature of the right of innocent passage for warships in a territorial sea. The author argues that, although a right of innocent passage for warships appears in the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea, the practices of many coastal States conflict with the Convention's provisions and cloud resolution of several central questions, such as who decides whether passage is innocent or non-innocent, by what criteria, and what sanctions exist. Drawing upon the Convention, coastal State legislation, and recent submarine intrusions of Swedish and Norwegian waters, the author concludes that modern notions of sovereignty, which foster suspicion and rivalry among nations, prompt such intrusions and impede acceptance of internationally formulated rules. The author further concludes that, even if the 1982 Convention fails to enter into force, it has inalterably shaped the law governing innocent and non-innocent passage of warships in the territorial sea.
The EU has a number of potential reserves in its own territorial waters, including off the coasts of Finland, Sweden, Greece, Italy and the Azores, and in the French overseas regions of Guadeloupe, La Réunion, New Caledonia and Polynesia.
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