Insane "underwater" startup.

Re:Insane "underwater" startup. by sfphotoarts on Wednesday October 22, 2008 @11:48AM (#340150)

I wonder just how much of the world would have been explored had Shackleton, Columbus etc worried too much about if their boats were insured.

Antarctica...ummm, that's all very interesting sir, but tell me again how much personal accident liability you have on The Discovery... :)

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Re:Insane "underwater" startup. by hugh on Wednesday October 22, 2008 @02:40PM (#340374)

Interestingly, googling "Shackleton insurance" gives this New York Times article from January 16, 1914:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A07E6DC1730E...

It's not clear to me from the article who actually took out the insurance policy, though.

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Re:Insane "underwater" startup. by ryanwaggoner on Wednesday October 22, 2008 @09:47PM (#340793)

I think the difference is that this guy is taking paying passengers down and some in the industry seem to think that they're not being made fully aware of the risks.

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