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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Volume 6 No.4
Bauer Introduces the Poseidon Edition Pure Power

ImageThe Poseidon edition from Bauer is not only a new range of compressors but also a completely new system concept offering an optimum price/performance ratio. We are heading into new directions concerning system configurations that are attuned to the conditions of use, the actually required operating time, simple operation and low service expenditure. 

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South Africa Three die after great white shark-diving boat capsizes off South Africa
Two men from the United States and one from Norway died after the boat they were in capsized near Gansbaai on Sunday. Chairperson of the Great White Shark Protection Foundation, Mariette Hopley, said the shark-cage diving boat had just anchored when a freak wave capsized the vessel.  Ten people on board were clients of Great White Shark Projects. Another nine were crew and staff members. 
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USA Pulsar redundant air system unveiled

ImageH2Odyssey is proud to unveil the Pulsar, the latest in its family of redundant air systems. The Pulsar is the world’s first environmentally sealed, balanced diaphragm first stage that is made to thread into any standard tank, from 4 cu ft to 120 cu ft. (patent pending).

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Philippines Cargo of young whale sharks seized

A cargo of juvenile sharks, four of them allegedly whale sharks, were intercepted in Pagbilao town, Quezon province, by a task force of provincial fishery officials and environmentalists. 

Glenn Forbes, Tanggol Kalikasan-Southern Tagalog program officer, said that a concerned citizen and a local government official from the coastal town of Calauag, Quezon province tipped them off by mobile phone that several baby whale sharks would be transported to Manila.

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ADEX Seminars

Asia Dive Expo 2008 (ADEX) this year offers visitors a colourful feast for the eyes and food for the mind. ADEX producer, TMX Show Productions Pte Ltd, has prepared an exciting program of screenings, presentations, talks, seminars and activities which will educate and entertain on an array of dive-related subjects.

Theatre Screenings: Feast of Predators
The waters of Southern Africa are untamed and unpredictable. Some of the creatures who consider it home, need survival tactics in order to make it through the day alive.

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