{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fa4d8e4be-89e8-42fa-bfcd-1010808f5e49","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"The Ocean\u2019s Deep Regions with Tim MacDonald","description":"Tim MacDonald is the Engineering and Operations Manager and Submersible Pilot for scientific and commercial charters at Caladan Oceanic. Tim earned his degree in Offshore Engineering from the Australian Maritime College in Tasmania and recently became the first Australian to dive to the deepest point in the sea: the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench. Tim\u2019s enduring goal is to help marine scientists develop the tools to achieve their research objectives and expand the realm of what\u2019s possible. He achieved this goal as a design engineer for Triton Submarines, where he played a role in building the world\u2019s first truly reusable and reliable full ocean depth submersible, the TRITON 36000/2.\u00a0Tim joins me today to discuss how we can deepen our relationship with the ocean and understand our impact on it. You\u2019ll hear about how his passion for the ocean and engineering was shaped and how he divided his university life between studying in classrooms and learning on the field. He describes the time he lived and worked on superyachts and how that experience led him to work for Triton Submarines. You\u2019ll also learn how to immerse your life in a passion and why exploring the ocean matters to humanity.\u00a0\u201cWe have to understand the impact we\u2019re having on the world, and the only way we can understand our impact is by understanding all the ecosystems we have: above, in the mountains, below, in the ocean, and in our backyards.\u201d - Tim MacDonald\u00a0This week on Kathy Sullivan Explores:\u00a0\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A deep dive into Tim\u2019s background and upbringing\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0What inspired Tim to move to Tasmania to study at the Australian Maritime College\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0His experience working and living aboard a superyacht and his first encounter with a submersible\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Why the best engineers are jacks-of-all trades to some degree\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The university gap year and how Tim split his time in university between studying in classrooms and learning on the field\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Getting into the submarine business and building the world\u2019s first truly reusable and reliable full ocean depth submersible\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The first time Tim piloted a submersible\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The spectator gallery of our lives and answering the \u201cwhat\u2019s next?\u201d question\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The major moral dilemma of science and why exploring the ocean\u2019s Hadal Zone matters to everyone on the planet\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Sirena Deep and how the world\u2019s deep trenches are created\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Exploring the Wallaby-Zenith Fracture Zone and the Manganese nodule fields\u00a0Our Favorite Quotes:\u00a0\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cYour first job in the first five years of your working life will define where you end up.\u201d - Tim MacDonald\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cFollowing any passion is about committing, and the only way to commit is to find something you enjoy doing.\u201d - Tim MacDonald\u00a0Connect with Tim MacDonald:\u00a0\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Caladan Oceanic\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tim MacDonald on LinkedIn\u00a0Spaceship Not Required\u00a0I\u2019m Kathy Sullivan, the only person to have walked in space and gone to the deepest point in the ocean.\u00a0I\u2019m an explorer, and that doesn\u2019t always have to involve going to some remote or exotic place. It simply requires a commitment to put curiosity into action.\u00a0In this podcast, you can explore, reflecting on lessons learned from life so far and from my brilliant and ever-inquisitive guests. We explore together in this very moment from right where you are--spaceship not required.\u00a0Welcome to Kathy Sullivan Explores.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/1dfd0129-13dd-4580-97c9-75e77f559ffc/1472142-1680641322.jpg"}