Diving practices and training standards regarding inert gas narcosis (IGN) vary widely among the tech community. Arguably the most conservative, Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) mandates...
Though our understanding of the exact mechanisms and effects are still evolving, inert gas narcosis (IGN), which was poetically described as "l’ivresse des grandes profondeurs,"...
It all started in the spring of 2019, when a team from JJ-CCR, the makers of the “JJ” closed circuit rebreather, and Red Sea Explorers...
APOCALIPTRIP members: Søren Bøwadt, Matijn Buwalda, Faisal Khalaf, Olga Martinelli, Andreas Bøwadt, Peter Germonpré, Costantino Balestra, Patrick Valkenborghs, Alan Kilcline, Christiaan Hedges, Jan Petersen, Thomas Solberg,...
While the diving industry has been all but shuttered as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, some diving organizations are providing their unique expertise to...
European diving was booming in the early 1980s with the advent of dive travel and the birth of dive destinations like Sharm El Sheikh and...
Are you covered financially if you are injured on a dive trip? We all know and expect that if you get bent, your DAN Europe insurance...
Location: Reqqa Point, GozoType of Dive: Cavern / Cave DiveLevel: Experienced Divers, preferably Cavern/Cave certifiedMaximum Depth: 27 metersWhile Malta tends to be famous worldwide as...
The term “Oxygen Window,” (OW) was first used in designing decompression by Albert R Behnke (1967), It is based on an already described phenomenon of...
The risk of decompression illness (DCI) following a dive has been attributed to the presence and quantity of gas bubbles called “vascular gas emboli” (VGE)...
You made it right on time: got off the plane, looked forward to your travel bag with your dive equipment, and nearly cried in relief...
How much time and money do you invest in choosing and purchasing the right dive equipment? Now ask yourself: are you really making the most...
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