AN UNDERSEA VOYAGE TO (FORMER) CALIFORNIA BEACHFRONT PROPERTY. PSR's Seamount Rover - II, the smallest of their two surface vessels, and one of their older one-man submersibles make ready for an initial survey of the Monterey Canyon in early August, 2011. Although the latest commercial or technical diving suits were at their disposal, the PSR team opted instead for deployment of their brand-new, two-man submarines. PSR's Chief Technology Officer and lead diver, Mark Prandin, explains: "Both figuratively and literally, decompression issues can still be a monster headache on projects like this one. But that's if you're working with traditional dive gear only. Truth be told, very little has changed in that regard over the decades. That's why, below sixty feet (18.3 m), we launch the subs. Too conservative? No, just too smart. And working at depth in one of those latest, NASA-looking, Atmospheric Diving Suits is like trying to sculpt the Statue of David with the body and hands of a lobster. For many reasons, we dove with the new subs: no pressure worries; unlimited dive times; best communications; easier rescues; no shark attacks; double-tethered and hardwired every time. That's how we do it at PSR." (NOTE: The ENTIRE article describing the history making Monterey Canyon Neanderthal discovery can be read or downloaded via the LINK at the Profile page herein. All photos and captions in this Library were excerpted from the original American Neanderthal report at SUBMARINE ARCHAEOLOGY TIMES.)