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Just have an attitude of a newbie, be humble and you will find that the seasoned divers are more than willing to share tips and may even help you to gear up before a dive.
The story opens in 1761 with the Octavius docked in the port of London to take on a cargo destined for China.
Incredibly revealing burials found inside two viking ships have been unearthed in Sweden. Archaeologists are never entirely certain what they will find when they begin digging in any given location. History lends them clues, of course, about the settlements established
The ideal Christmas gift for the diver to give and receive
John Franklin is said to have succumbed on June 11, 1847, according to a note from the following April. The general consensus is that the rest of the crew either perished while they were camped through the winter or during their attempt to walk back to civilization.
The ScubaMax Aria Color Correcting mask gives colours at depth a difference to the diver / snorkeler
Nearly a century after Shackleton’s end, archaeologists found something very unexpected underneath the floorboards of the hut, which used to be his base camp for the Nimrod expedition –several bottles of Scotch whisky.
But there were lots of survival stories. For example, the actress Dorothy Gibson not only made it out alive, she appeared in the 1912 film Saved from the Titanic. Countess Noël Leslie showed bravery in helping other Titanic passengers. The media called her “the plucky little countess”!
For almost two decades she lives alone, hunting, building, and caring for herself.
Experienced divers would no doubt be completely unimpressed by what this dive offered but I've heard before that you never forget your first dive and I would have to go along with this.