Back in November, I mentioned South Africa’s Shark Lady and her “Crystal Cage” – a virtually invisible Lexan cage with 250 times the impact strength of glass. Capable of withstanding an attack by a great white, the Crystal Cage isn’t really a cage at all. Rather, it’s a 7-foot-tall, 5-foot-in-diameter tube into which a diver can fit. Given that it was developed by a woman known as the Shark Lady, therefore, it should come as no surprise that the tube is for viewing sharks.
The Shark Lady, whose real name is Kim Maclean, claims her Crystal Cage is a better way to ...
Previously, researchers gathering information about the Southern Ocean had to overcome serious logistical obstacles. However, in an interesting twist on the “citizen scientist” idea, elephant seals near South Georgia Island have, um, volunteered to collect information on conditions in the frigid waters.
French, Australian and American researchers – working for the Southern Elephant Seals as Oceanographic Samplers (SEaOS) project – are collaborating with seals on this project. They glue computerized tags to seals’ heads to collect data on temperature, depth, and salinity of water as the animals swim and dive. When the seals surface to breathe, the computers transmit the information ...
Of course, lists get made to provide insight into other's thoughts. But since others are, by definition, NOT YOU, people naturally review those lists and disagree with them. Perhaps you think Tim Simond's list of the best places to dive in style overly favors warm-water diving. Maybe you believe John Boyle's three favorite dive sites are lackluster. Personally, I found Nick Hanna's recent Top Ten Dive Sites to be short-sighted. Everybody disagrees with everybody else...but at least the list made you think. That's the beauty of lists.
Recently, Scuba Diving News announced its Top 100 Dive Sites. Compiled by a group of its readers, none of the sites ...
WILDGuides was created in 2000 as a non-profit publishing organization committed to supporting wildlife conservation. In 2003, WILDGuides teamed up with English Nature, a Government agency championing conservation in England. Together, WILDGuides and English Nature produce simple-to-use photographic guides, the profits from which support a range of nature conservation charities. Their newest guide, Below Freezing: The Antarctic Dive Guide, is also perhaps their most ambitious. Moreover, it's really the only guide of its kind that covers the wild, fragile place known as Antarctica.
Below Freezing is written by Lisa Eareckson Trotter, founder of Polar Dive, who actually learned to dive ...
I am by no means a cold-water diver. In fact, if I even have to wear a wetsuit, my feathers get a bit ruffled. I fully understand that that disposition severely limits my range of diving options, but me and cold, well, we aren't too friendly. After all, why do you think I moved to South Florida?
However, I've recently been thinking about Antarctic diving a lot. After learning about Below Freezing: The Antarctica Dive Guide, Antarctica has been on my mind lately. Seriously. It seems like such a faraway and mysterious world. Well...because it is. Consequently, when I watched this ...
An international team of marine scientists returns to the Chatham Islands next week hoping to fit satellite tags on up to 13 great white sharks. The tags will allow the scientists to track the sharks’ movements for up to nine months.
The team is led ...
The 27,400 ...
Just as State Department officials announced that Libya will be dropped from America's list of state sponsors of terror, the Independent Online is suggesting that the North African country might be the next hot travel/dive destination. Located on the southern edge of the Mediterranean, Libya is following Saudi Arabia's lead, hoping ...
Juergen Freund of Queensland, Australia is a winner in the NatureÂ’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards 2007 competition. His image titled Dwarf Minke Whale won first place in the Oceans category.
One of the most prestigious photo contests in the world, drawing over 17,000 entries from photographers in ...
Blue Tangs are often found roaming the reef, in search of their favourite food - algae. They are surgeonfish which may appear either singly or in large schools, which can contain hundreds of individuals.
The name surgeonfish comes from the defensive spines located on the caudal peduncle (the part of the ...