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Britain's Top Cave Diving Instructor To Attempt Longest Cave Penetration PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 11:20

article-1301823-0ABF6C6D000005DC-574_964x788Martyn Farr is UK's leading cave diving instructor and the country's best cave-diving photographer as well. In an amazing new feat Martyn, from Crickhowell, Powys, will join together with an international team of diving experts next month for a spectacular world record attempt - the longest ever cave penetration.

Martyn will record on camera the progress of a diving team made up of some world's most influential cave divers as they attempt a diving adventure delve farther into the Pozo Azul cave, near Burgos, Spain, than anyone has ever been before.

 

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Man Dies After Scuba Diving At Jupiter Inlet PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 30 July 2010 08:51
98305925_20100520154124_320_24060-year-old Frank Jaffe has died after finishing two scuba diving sessions from a charter boat off the South Florida coast. Investigators say Jaffe was scuba diving for lobsters east of the Jupiter Inlet on Thursday, the second day of Florida's two-day lobster mini season. After returning to the charter boat, the diver said he wasn't feeling very well. Officials say he showed signs of cardiac arrest. Jaffe was pronounced dead after being transported to a local hospital.
 

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Arctic Beluga Whales Help Diving Teams Swim Under Thick Ice PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 11:37

article-1298287-0A98F6D2000005DC-894_634x881It may not be the most welcoming place in the world. However, even in the Arctic you can locate a friendly face who will happily show you around. These remarkable beluga whales help human visitors to swim under very thick ice.

When diving teams drill through the frozen surface of the White Sea, they are greeted by happy faced beluga whales. Under water two of the whales lead a diver by gracefully taking his hands in their mouths and pulling him through the icy darkness.

 

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Cave Diving Expert Gets Cover Story In National Geographic PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 22 July 2010 12:27

tomJEH4671Cave diving veteran Tom Iliffe, a professor of marine biology at Texas A&M University at Galveston, is the topic of a cover story in the newly-released August edition of National Geographic magazine. The story elaborates on Iliffe's work during his cave diving expeditions in several islands of the Bahamas.

Photographs of Iliffe's adventures were taken by Wes Skiles, who is also an expert in cave diving and accompanied Iliffe and others inside the caves, many of them hundreds of feet deep.

 

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World's Oldest Champagne Discovered By Swedish Divers PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 19 July 2010 15:01

Louis_le_dernier3Thirty bottles of centuries-old champagne discovered in a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea could belong to French monarch Louis XVI, it has emerged. The bottles possibly dates back to the late 18th century, making it the world's oldest drinkable champagne. Believed to be the top brand Veuve Clicquot, it has remained perfectly preserved 180 feet deep on the seabed and "tasted fantastic," said one wine expert.

Each bottle could be worth up to 65,000 dollars or more if its authenticity is verified. Samples have been sent to French laboratories for testing. A group of Swedish divers made the discovery on July 6 off Aaland Island, midway between Sweden and Finland. "I still have a glass in my fridge and keep going back every five minutes to take a breath of it.

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