The earliest modern explorers included artists and photographers in their parties as an essential way to document their missions. Rich visual records capture expeditions in ways that even the most elegant words cannot. Present-day explorers continue this visual tradition aided by laptop computers, electronic cameras, videocassettes, and the Internet. In June/July 2005, an international team of 45 scientists from the United States, Canada, China and Russia collaborated to explore the frigid depths of the Canada Basin, located in one of the deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean. Due to the