Beauté et puissance

At 18 feet (5.5 meters) above sea level, Solares Hill is the highest point of land in Key West, Florida.

Jim Hench (right) installs a sensor at Eastern Dry Rocks with Mission: Iconic Reefs specialist James Emm.

Découverte du Dunraven

Wreck diving became the rage of dive tourism in the wake of the 1977 blockbuster movie The Deep.

Soft corals grow on the upturned stern of the Dunraven wreck.

À la dérive

Have you ever asked yourself, “What is my biggest fear in diving?” My fear has always been getting lost at sea. I am a technical diving instructor with almost 4,000 dives, and I’ve done plenty of boating, drift diving, and dealing with current.

After being lost for six hours, the author speaks to his wife as the Coast Guard arrives.

Farewell

After 26 years at DAN, I am moving on to the next chapter of my career. I’ve served as president and CEO of DAN for 16 years, but my involvement with the organization started even earlier.

Bill Ziefle headshot.

Morsure de requin lors d’une chasse sous-marine à Abaco

Par un après-midi ensoleillé aux Bahamas, mes amis et moi avons mis les voiles pour ce qui devait être une sortie de chasse sous-marine tout à fait routinière. Nous avons mouillé l’ancre au large de la pointe sud isolée d’Abaco, entre Sandy Point et Hole in the Wall, seuls dans cette vaste étendue bleu-vert. En apnée sous la surface, l’eau claire grouillait de mérous, de vivaneaux cuberas et de requins de récif.

Robert Porter spearfishing.

Pris dans les glaces

Sir John Franklin’s expedition in 1845 to search for the Northwest Passage ended in tragedy when HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, with their combined 129 crew members, vanished in the Canadian Arctic, seemingly without a trace. 

Parks Canada underwater archaeologist Marc-André Bernier.

Quand l’anatomie influence les premiers secours

L’arrêt cardiaque est l’une des principales causes de mortalité dans le monde, particulièrement en dehors du milieu hospitalier, où une reconnaissance rapide et une intervention immédiate sont essentielles à la survie.

A person administering CPR to a mannequin during CPR training.

Borneo

I rarely know as little about a destination before embarking on a liveaboard charter as I knew about Borneo. I had been to Borneo before, but it was after a […]

Dive guide Natalia Athinaiou snorkels above a pristine staghorn coral forest off Kakaban Island.

Hayden Hess : passion et vocation

The Center for Research and Education in Special Environments (CRESE) at the University at Buffalo in New York is at the forefront of environmental physiology research, investigating how various environmental stressors impact human health and performance.

A diver wearing a heavy drysuit, dive helmet, and chemical-resistant gloves.