In 1975 the entry level diving course that we taught was of four weeks duration and included two evening theory sessions per week with the Saturdays and Sundays given over to practical diving instruction. A standard part of the course… Read More ›
Asian Dive Expo
An Interview with Jarrod Jablonski
Widely regarded as one of the world’s most capable and talented exploration divers – and a person only too willing to share his knowledge with others – Jarrod Jablonski continues to exercise a profound influence over the direction taken by… Read More ›
Trapped
“It’s easy for a diver to be a coward and difficult to be brave because he usually works alone, unseen, uncriticised and unpraised … most of the foes are within himself and the victories unobserved.” On this day in 1972,… Read More ›
Viewing the ‘Eclipse’
Back in 1964, the ‘cold war’ – with its politically complex uncertainties – was in full swing; the sun was setting rapidly on what remained of the former British Empire’s outposts; Dr Timothy Leary preached the use of psychedelic drugs… Read More ›
“Carpe Profundum? Carpe Dentium!”
Salvage diving has always been an aspect of diving that I’ve considered getting my teeth into. ———– A fly-speck on the map, Addu Atoll and the island of Gan are located just below the equator at the southernmost tip of… Read More ›
“Ain’t nobody here but us chickens.”
Strategically located at the tip of the Arabian Peninsula close to the eastern approaches to the Red Sea (and the Suez Canal’s sea-route connection between Europe and Asia) Aden was, in 1965, still a British protectorate; one that, two years… Read More ›
NEKTONIX 