Peu de personnes plongeaient dans l’océan glacé près de St. John’s, Terre-Neuve, Canada, durant l’hiver 1986. J’avais encore ma combinaison Poseidon Unisuit, que j’avais utilisée pendant plusieurs années lors de plongées commerciales en Colombie-Britannique à la fin des années 1970. Je n’étais pas allé dans l’eau depuis plusieurs années, mais je voulais m’y remettre.
When I was young I read about Antarctic expeditions and was mesmerized by the alien worlds found under the ice. As incredible as it looked, I never imagined seeing it for myself. I enjoy all types of diving and underwater environments, and ice diving was another unique and challenging realm to explore — one that required furthering my dive education and skills.
À 70 miles (112km) à l’ouest de Key West, en Floride, se trouve l’un des parcs nationaux les plus reculés et spectaculaires des États-Unis : le parc national des Dry Tortugas. Isolées dans le golfe du Mexique, ces îles marquent l’extrémité ouest de l’archipel des Keys de Floride.
Our group of six researchers back rolled off the vessel near Jupiter, Florida, and began our descent to the sandy bottom nearly 80 feet (24 meters) below. As the wreck became visible, our team streamlined into formation to begin our task: searching for goliath groupers.
I have been diagnosed with mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS). Will that increase my risk of decompression sickness (DCS) if I dive? With MCAS, mast cells release excessive amounts of […]
Sandbags are versatile training tools for a total body workout. These dynamic exercises incorporate nontraditional lifting methods that mimic real-life movements. This sandbag workout builds functional and grip strength, balance, […]
Cruise ships have extensive safety protocols in place, focusing on passenger safety in areas such as overboard incidents, onboard fires, illness outbreaks, and large-scale ship disasters.
To advance DAN’s mission to help divers during emergencies and to make diving safer, DAN launched the Continuing Education for Dive Professionals program in 2024. The program’s second course, which […]
While staff from DAN’s Research, Safety Services, and Medical departments were attending the recent European Underwater and Baromedical Society conference in France to present their latest work, they were able to visit the nearby French naval submarine base and board an active-duty submarine carrying nuclear warhead payloads.
Alex Fogg is known in the dive community for creating the largest invasive lionfish collection and outreach event in the world, the Emerald Coast Open, with tens of thousands of lionfish removed each year during the two-day event. Over the past decade he has personally harvested an unquantifiable number of invasive lionfish from North American waters.
