August 10 2008 UK Bogus bends nets Divers £250,000  A pair of divers swindled £250,000 (US$500,000) from the National Health Service for treating bogus cases of the bends.  David Welsh, 49, and diving instructor Michael Brass, 43, are facing prison sentences after being found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the NHS and perverting the course of justice. Welsh ran the Fort Bovisand diving centre, which had its own recompression chamber.  They paid strangers they met in pubs up to £200 to pose as divers who needed recompression treatment, they only needed only the real names, addresses, dates of birth and national insurance numbers of the supposed victims to work the fraud. Most had never been underwater and some could barely swim.  Welsh billed National Health Trusts from all over the UK £6,500 a time for treating the 37 fake victims.  The fraud was discovered when police investigated two cases of divers from Liverpool who were supposedly treated for the bends at the recompression chamber.    Full story...

August 25 2008 HawaiiArchaeologists have located British whaler sunk by bad weather in 1837 off Kure Atoll Artefacts from the remains of a wreck believed to be of the British whaling vessel Gledstanes lost for 171 years have been found off Kure Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The artefacts include four large anchors, cannons and cannonballs. The Gledstanes is the fourth whaling vessel found in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, evidence of the area's significance as a 19th-century whaling area.  The divers who found the shipwreck were taking part in the 2008 Maritime Heritage Expedition, sponsored by NOAA's National Marine Sanctuaries.  Full story...

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Saipan Jack
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saipan.jpgThey are the northernmost part of Micronesia, sprawling over a thousand miles in a line from north to south in the western Pacific.

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Tunku Abdul Rahman Parks
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Giant Frogfish on coral
Tunku Abdul Rahman Parks
Pearl of Kota Kinabalu
Text and pictures by Adi & Mala Gehri of www.abcdivers.com

Kota Kinabalu is well known as the international gateway for divers eager to sample the underwater delights of the famous Sipadan, Kapalai and Mabul Islands off the coast of Sabah. However the city itself (just 15-20 minutes away by boat) has its own marine attraction that is frequently overlooked. I grew up in this area, and the enchanting and captivating Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park (TARP) holds many underwater memories for me; my first crocodilefish, the biggest sea snake I've ever seen, a swimming frogfish and an aggressive tomato anemonefish defending its home.
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Palau Wrexpedition
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Vol.3 No.1
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Palau Wrexpedition
Diving into History

Photos & Text by: Tim Rock

Sixty years ago, during WWII, Palau was a major Japanese military base. On March 30 and 31, 1944, U.S. Navy bombers and fighter planes raided the Japanese fleet and sunk more than 60 ships and seaplanes in and around the lagoon.

Today, Palau, renowned for its beautiful lagoons and thrilling marine action is also the resting-place for the "Lost Fleet of the Rock Islands".

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Deep Exploration Vietnam
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Vol.3 No.2
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Someone has to do it!
Text by: Bruce Konefe

I have come to believe that I have the best job in the world. It may not be one of the highest paying jobs financially but the job does definitely have an awful lot of benefits. My career as a diving Instructor has allowed me to travel all over the globe. The most recent of my adventures took me to the beautiful country of Vietnam.
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Ghosts and Gremlins
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Vol.3 No.2
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Ghosts and Gremlins
August 2005

Its been a rough season for many dive operators throughout Asia. The tsunami of December 26 devastated many communities and claimed many thousands of lives. But its ripple effect has been to cause significant economic hardship way beyond the geographical parameters of its physical impact.
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Portfolio
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The award-winning photography of Robert Yin

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The award-winning photography of Robert Yin, one of the Asian diving community’s Elder Statesmen, is no stranger to the pages of dive magazines around the world.

Bob was one of the scuba diving pioneers in the sport’s early days in the Philippines.

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Malapascua Island
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Vol.3 No.2
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Malapascua Island
Threshers Before Breakfast, Sea Horses 'Fore Lunch
Photos & Text by: Tony Karacsonyi

The long whip-like tail, large eye, silver sheen on it's side and the ease with which it glides through the water - little will prepare you for your first thresher shark sighting.

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Diving in Guam
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Vol.3 No.2
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A Pacific Gem
Photos & Text by: Tim Rock
 
Guam in western Micronesia is the richest coral reef marine environment of any United States territory or state. Thriving with more than 700 fish species and nearly 400 types of corals, it offers great natural biodiversity. Combined with its historic past that includes shipwrecks and remnants from WWII, WWI and even the gold-bearing Manila Galleon trading days.

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