First noticed during the latter stages of the Second World War when hydro-graphic survey ships equipped with echo sounders showed a ‘phantom seabed’ appearing on the graphs, the Deep Scattering Layer (DSL) often appeared many hundreds of fathoms above that… Read More ›
“Where there are ships, there will be wrecks.” Rebuilding itself after the rigours of a lengthy civil war, the island nation of Sri Lanka is rapidly becoming recognised as an emerging tourism hot-spot and a major drawcard in the global… Read More ›
Putting the bite on sharks may not be good for our health. There are distinct advantages in being at the top of the food chain. Not least the fact that with so many choices between the lower end of the… Read More ›
(In 2006, I had the opportunity to chat with legendary underwater film-makers, Howard and Michelle Hall. The following interview was first published in April of that year. ) ———— For filmmaker, Howard Hall, diving and photographing the undersea world has… Read More ›
In late 2003 – almost a year after the earlier interview with Jarrod Jablonski – I had the opportunity to again chat with him about technical diving. The following – edited piece – was first published in early 2004…. Read More ›
A well respected commercial diving supervisor working on the offshore oil and gas rigs once told me that, ‘the ability to dive is not a panacea for the skills one lacks.’; a piece of wisdom that’s often overlooked by those… Read More ›
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