EditorialGregory R. Trauthwein Associate Publisher & Editor Email: trauthwein@marinelink.com(Photo Credit: Peter Kimball, WHOI)www.marinetechnologynews.com NEW YORK118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010Tel: (212) 477-6700; Fax: (212) 254-6271Hitchin’ a RideFLORIDA215 NW 3rd St., Boynton Beach, FL 33435ehicles. Front to back, top to bottom, this edition revolves around un-Tel: (561) 732-4368; Fax: (561) 732-6984manned underwater vehicles, the means and method which allow many of you to work, study and evolve in the underwater world. In this edition we PUBLISHERJohn C. O’Malleyoffer fresh perspective from a broad swath of stakeholders that are directly jomalley@marinelink.comVinvolved in the evolution of UUVs, from those who conceive and create Associate Publisher & Editorthem, to those that use them and continually push the operational envelope of capability.Gregory R. TrauthweinI am thrilled to welcome Kira Coley as a new and regular contributor to our pages, print trauthwein@marinelink.comand electronic. This month Kira was tasked to report on one of the most interesting and Web Editor challenging areas of subsea exploration: the use of AUVs in and around Polar Science. Her Eric Haunhaun@marinelink.comstory starts on page 26.Speaking of Polar Science and the Arctic, we present here a 13-page special section on Contributing Editors Capt. Edward Lundquist, USN (Ret.)the companies, the organizations, the scientists and the “Arctic Experts” from what many Claudio PaschoaWilliam Stoichevskiconsider to be the gateway to the Arctic, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada.I have a long and strong relationship and af