2 weeks in Iceland for the budget Diver
April 24, 2012No Comments
I am doing a presentation on diving at our local dive club, this is the notes for it.
How to spend two weeks in Iceland on the cheap and get the most out of it.
I love last minute travel, and I don’t are about food and living accommodations that much, but I want to do diving …
Coelacanth Divers
March 22, 2012No Comments
Exreme Diving: Coelacanth Divers, produced by Charles Moore is the story of a team of specialized divers, three of whom have lost their lives in pursuit of this dinosaur of the deep, the elusive coelacanth, an ancestry going back 400 million years. See the largest coelacanth ever recorded, a 2 meter monster filmed off Sodwana …
Swedish wreck divers prepare to dive on a UFO
February 1, 2012No Comments
(CNN) — Deep down on the bottom of the Baltic Sea, Swedish treasure hunters think they have made the find of a lifetime.
The problem is, they’re not exactly sure what it is they’ve uncovered.
Out searching for shipwrecks at a secret location between Sweden and Finland, the deep-sea salvage company Ocean Explorer captured an incredible image …
A little snorkeling adventure ends quickly because of ice
January 24, 2012No Comments
This whole winter has been very mild in Sweden. Perfect diving winter, though of course visibility in December was still bad as the algae refused to die, the water being so warm and all. As I always say, Sweden is the wreck diving capital of the world, but nobody is aware of it because of …
Commercial Diving Books Available Online
January 7, 2012No Comments
I will be posting resources here that deal with commercial diving topics here.
Note that US Navy materials are always available somewhere online, so if a link does not work, just search for the title and you will find a different location for the document.
US Navy Underwater Cutting and Welding Manual
PDF Manual, complete, available for download.
http://www.hnsa.org/doc/pdf/cut_weld.pdf
US …
A mimic jawfish mimics a mimic octopus
January 7, 2012No Comments
The little fish was just hanging out, trying to blend in with an octopus. Which was all about mimiking out itself. Hilarity ensues.
A Jawfish following a Mimic Octopus in the muck diving area of Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Here is the link for the article describing the relationship (published on the journal Coral Reefs):
http://www.springerlink.com/content/p74l7mn21441538t/
Half mile down – a book by Deep Sea Exploration Pioneer William Beebe, available online for free
December 7, 2011No Comments
Half mile down – a book by Deep Sea Exploration Pioneer Beebe, available online for free
A book dealing with oceanographic researches on the life of the waters about Nonsuch, Bermuda … These studies have been carried on by Dr. William Beebe and his staff
This is the revolutionaly bathysphere and the story of it’s exploration half …
Some more videos about marine biology and scuba diving available online.
SCUBA Science: 39 SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE CAUSES OF VARIABLE REPLENISHMENT OF TEMPERATE REEF FISHES
Coral Reefs in a Rapidly Changing World
A video on Diving Theory and Decompression
A video on Diving Theory and Decompression
11 New Wrecks Found in Stockholm – Wreck Cemetery
December 5, 2011No Comments
Tore Lundin has announced that he has mapped 11 wrecks close to Stockholm, at Lidingö bridge. This is an exciting new dive destination, though the danger of large ferries passing to the ferry terminal right under the bridge is nothing to joke with. I will keep you posted as we explore this exciting new dive …
Marine Biology Scuba Diving Videos 4 – Sneaky Sea Slugs: Three Tales of Tidepool Thievery
December 3, 2011No Comments
Sneaky Sea Slugs: Three Tales of Tidepool Thievery from California Academy of Sciences on FORA.tv
Academy invertebrate zoologist Dr. Rebecca Johnson, discusses her research on the astounding biology and diversity of nudibranchs (sea slugs). Learn how these beautiful and colorful mollusks use their food to defend themselves from predators!
This talk is part of an intertidal …
