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...

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...

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Discover Underwater Hockey
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Image Those who have even a passing interest in ice hockey but live in those parts of the world where ice, let alone ice rinks, are sparse should take a look into underwater hockey.
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DAN Asia-Pacific Reviews Dive Accidents in 2006
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Image Throughout the year DAN Asia-Pacific was directly involved with the evacuation and treatment of some 50 DAN Members in this Region.
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PADI Dive Center on Second Life website
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PADI has just launched a brand new Dive Centre in the virtual reality of the famous online world, Second Life (SL).
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Italy Roman sinkhole explored
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ImageThe Merro Sink-Hole (Pozzo del Merro), which is situated in the vicinity of Rome, is the deepest flooded karstic cavity known in the world.
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Dive For Clean Waters
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ImageDive for International Cleanup Day on 15 September and help protect underwater environments and wildlife from a growing tide of marine litter.
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Con Dao Islands
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ImageThe remote Con Dao group of islands is about 180km from Vung Tau, and has a local population of around 5,000.
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DAN Asia-Pacific
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Emergency Medical Database for Members In an effort to continue enhancing the safety benefits associated with a DAN Asia-Pacific Membership, DAN has launched an Emergency Medical Database specifically for Members.
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