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In 1943 a hyperbaric chamber in London reached an air pressure equal to 300 feet (91 meters), and nitrogen narcosis hammered the three dry divers inside. They reached for the rubber mouthpieces of their dive gear, which delivered 100% oxygen.
Hometown: Orlando, FloridaAge: 67Years Diving: 55Why I’m a DAN Member: I want to be a part of an organization that freely gives back to the dive community and ensures that […]
The DAN Emergency Hotline provides 24/7 emergency medical assistance to divers worldwide without charge and regardless of DAN membership status. DAN medics and physicians working in shifts across different time zones make this continuous service possible, ensuring that a dive medical expert is always available.
This year DAN interns participated in two field studies — a cardiac study and a venous gas embolism study — where they had the opportunity to work directly with participants and collect and analyze data.
Malaria is a serious infectious disease threat that primarily exists in many of the world’s subtropical and tropical regions — areas popular with divers — where the environmental conditions support a stable, infected population of Anopheles mosquitoes.
Training on a paddleboard requires you to stabilize your body to maintain balance. Working your stabilizing muscles is beneficial for diving because they are helpful in dynamic ocean environments.
Ses pattes se déplacent rapidement alors qu'elle se fraye un chemin sur le sable vers un grand récif de corail. C’est une décision audacieuse et risquée, car les étendues de sable entre les formations coralliennes sont remplies de prédateurs prêts à profiter d’une langouste solitaire.
Mammoth Cave National Park and other cave systems are part of a limestone belt that defines Kentucky’s landscape with its gently sloping bluegrass valleys. This geography made way for Kentucky to become the thoroughbred horse capital of the world and drive an economy built around events such as the Kentucky Derby. Beneath this limestone bedrock, a water supply often ranked No. 1 for water quality in the United States fuels well-known and developing dive sites that are surprisingly blue.
Il y a environ 12 ans, deux opérateurs de plongée commerciale ont commencé à proposer aux plongeurs aventureux de plonger dans les eaux noires au large des côtes de Floride. Depuis lors, la plongée en eaux noires est devenue une activité incontournable dans la communauté des plongeurs de Palm Beach et j'ai eu la chance d'effectuer plus de 1’000 plongées de ce type sans incident.