[2] As part of this engagement, Starosielski and her team of doctoral students and collaborators developed a catalog of best practices for sustainability in the subsea cable industry.

She continued her education at University of California, Santa Barbara, earning both a Master's degree and PhD in Film and Media Studies.

She traces the cable systems from the ocean depths to their landing zones on beaches in the South Pacific, bringing visibility to the materiality of the wired network that is often taken for granted in our "wireless" world.

The project was developed by Nicole Starosielski, Erik Loyer, and Shane Brennan, with additional writing from Jessica Feldman and Anne Pasek.

[21] The website shows non-lineal archival photographs along with text and information about various areas and countries that are connected through the Pacific's underwater cable network.