by Kevin Hardy. Photo captions and credits noted. Reprinted with Permission from the Second Quarter 2024 edition (Vol. 32, #119)...
The lingering legacy of DEEP AIR in the era of MIX—from the aquaCORPS archives
Sixty years ago next month, four U.S. Navy divers—the first American aquanauts—swam into a seafloor shelter dubbed Sealab I, stationed 59m/193 ft deep, 42 km/25 mi...
Sixty years ago next month, four U.S. Navy divers—the first American aquanauts—swam into a seafloor shelter dubbed Sealab I, stationed 59m/193 ft deep, 42 km/25 mi...
From sumping through Wookey with a pair of repurposed, WWII Bomber O2 tanks filled with air; to wearing side mounted, bailout rebreathers enabling explorers to logistically...
By Simon Pridmore PRESS RELEASE “Simon Pridmore’s new book Technically Speaking is an outstanding tour de force from one of modern diving’s most accomplished practitioners and...
Known for his deep air diving exploits back in the day, 86-year-old Hal Watts, aka “Mr. Scuba,” is one of the pioneers of early scuba and...
Since its introduction in 1973, the 11-liter Aluminum 80 cylinder has become nearly ubiquitous in the sport diving world, supplying both tourist divers and stage-carrying tekkies...
More than 20 years before the emergence of technical diving, a handful of intrepid cave divers who were perilously pushing the limits of air diving, began...
What does Sweden’s flooded Långban mine—a wellspring of u/w exploration and mapping for more than 16 years—have to do with the famed Civil War ironclad, the...
