A Relentless Quest for What Is Out There

When I was growing up, I thought all of the shipwrecks had been discovered, all of the sunken treasure plundered and we knew everything we needed to know about what lurks within the deep blue sea (except maybe the Loch Ness Monster). Since joining VideoRay, I have discovered otherwise. Not finding Amelia Erhart for 80 years, and still not being 100% sure seems reasonably acceptable, but who would have thought that a modern commercial airliner could vanish without a trace given all of today's technology?

Indeed, the sea is on a scale that most of us have a hard time understanding how large it really is. And the number of jobs associated with working in it, not just on it for transportation, is far larger than most people imagine. Working in the maritime industry firsthand is exciting, challenging and rewarding. In my career with VideoRay, I've seen exponential growth in the technological capabilities and the number of people who are leveraging these. In 2005, our demonstrations of ROVs to local police divers for underwater investigations and evidence recovery began with a 15 to 30 minute presentation of what the equipment was and what it could do. Within a few years, that presentation become superfluous and was removed because they knew what ROVs were, why they wanted one, and we just had to convince them ours was the best. Yet, for all the advances and growing utilization of these technologies, the sea is still reluctant to give up its secrets and mysteries so easily. You can be sure that the opportunities for discovery are out there waiting for those who dare, and as they say, fortune favors the bold.

You have probably heard that water makes up 3/4 of the earth's surface, and that we know more about space than we do the oceans, but do those facts really resonate within you?