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Piloting through Uncharted Seas [Preview]

The privately funded Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute enables scientists and engineers to engage in radical pursuits. As long as Marcia K. McNutt likes their ideas

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MARCIA K. McNUTT: GOING DEEP

  • Husband, Ian Young; daughters Meredith and twins Ashley and Dana
  • Best-known fact: president of 38,000-member American Geophysical Union
  • Least-known fact: Navy SEAL-certified demolitions expert
  • On research: "In principle, we still retain the concept of international waters. But the fact is that she who owns the technology owns the oceans."
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MOSS LANDING, CALIF.¿"Come on, just be a little bit careful because the tide's low." We hop on board the day boat Point Lobos, and Marcia Kemper

McNutt¿a marvel of efficiency on land¿noticeably relaxes. This old hulk is the size of a tugboat, converted from servicing offshore oil rigs to plying the


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