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“May The People Know I’m Here?”
“May The People Know I’m Here?” – by S.J. Pridmore Nazi Germany’s attempt to eradicate an entire race of people during World War Two is a story that’s been told countless times before, through books and newspaper stories, through the… Read More ›
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Playing ‘Wookey’
In 1934, a group of caving enthusiasts in the U.K., organised the Cave Diving Group – thought to be one of the earliest diving clubs – to explore a partially flooded system at Swildon’s Hole, in the UK, using a… Read More ›
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The Submarine Refreshment Bar
One section of Sir Robert H Davis’ classic work, ‘Deep Diving and Submarine Operations’ is devoted to Divers’ Yarns. One such story concerns a diving operation to salvage the cargo of a sunken merchant vessel. Wearing standard diving dress, a… Read More ›
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The Conshelf 1 Experiment
“Under water man shall walk, Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk”: Prediction by Mother Shipton; 16th century prophetess Increasing the efficiency of working divers, Dr George Bond’s concept of saturation diving (a concept in which divers would live and work… Read More ›
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Hydrogen in the Mix
In the early part of the 20th century, American physicist and chemist, Professor Elihu Thomson – the person credited with putting the eventual use of helium on the diving menu – had originally proposed the use of hydrogen as a… Read More ›
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An Early ‘Try-Dive’.
A section of the classic work, ‘Deep Diving And Submarine Operations’, by (Sir) Robert H. Davis, is devoted to, ‘Divers’ Yarns And Adventures’, and includes the story of an early ‘Try-Dive’ by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 – 1894), the author… Read More ›
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General ›
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ADEX: celebrating 30-years of Asian Diver Magazine
September 1, 2022
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An Audience With Ho Chi Minh
March 18, 2021
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Stuff and Nonsense
January 12, 2021
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Colour Me Blue
May 14, 2021
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Trouble Brewing
May 9, 2020
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Genetically Modified Behaviour
October 23, 2017
History ›
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“Fins ain’t wot they used to be.”
November 30, 2022
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The Submersible Decompression Chamber
November 27, 2022
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Imagination: A Diver’s Worst Enemy?
October 20, 2022