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Fun With a Smart Phone
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Fun With a Smart Phone

Compact digital cameras are fast disappearing in favour of smartphones. How about underwater photography?

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Summer 2023
An Old Encounter
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An Old Encounter

The mighty St. Lawrence River, in its Quebec section, has swallowed hundreds of wrecks through the centuries, many of them still unvisited.

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Summer 2023
Al is Coming to Diving
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Al is Coming to Diving

You are about to enter another dimension—a scuba dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop…no, not the Twilight Zone…but the AI Zone! Yes, Artificial Intelligence is coming to scuba diving.

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Summer 2023
Preventing heat exhaustion
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Preventing heat exhaustion

Beautiful sunny days have a way of coaxing us outside for adventuring, exploring, and diving. But it’s important to be mindful during your outdoor activities of the risks of heat-related illnesses— especially in the summer.

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Summer 2023
You Won't Impress Your Cave Instructor
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You Won't Impress Your Cave Instructor

I am so sorry for disappointing you!” My student apologized as he tossed his cave diving light into the gear crate and dropped his fins beside my truck.

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5 mins  |
Summer 2023
THE PERFECT STORM
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THE PERFECT STORM

WORDS AND PHOTOS BY NICOLE WEBSTER

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9 mins  |
Summer 2023
PROTECTING NAYAANO NIBIIMAANG GICHIGAMIIN
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PROTECTING NAYAANO NIBIIMAANG GICHIGAMIIN

The Great Lakes Watershed

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Summer 2023
Phil Nuytten: DIVER
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Phil Nuytten: DIVER

Industry luninaries remember diving legend Phil Nuytten, OC, OBC, DSc (hon), LLD (hon): magazine publisher, engineer, innovator, artist, businessman, eccentric, raconteur, magician, writer, husband, father... and-first and foremost-diver. (1941-2023)

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Summer 2023
Phil Nuytten - SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION ADDRESS
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Phil Nuytten - SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION ADDRESS

A final Soundings column from DIVER Publisher and Senior Editor Phil Nuytten, taken from his 1995 address to students in British Columbia

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Summer 2023
NEW DEEP CAVE DIVING RECORD SET IN CHINA
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NEW DEEP CAVE DIVING RECORD SET IN CHINA

Renowned Chinese cave diver Han Ting surfaced after a 12-and-a-half-hour dive to 910.1 feet (77.4m) in Jiudun Cave, a new Asia deep cave diving record. The dive was a part of the Duan’s Juidun Cave Features (DJCF) project.

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Summer 2023
Once upon a time in Canada
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Once upon a time in Canada

If you have a passion for diving it can be fun to share it with the right partner. And if you’re single, you might start looking for that partner on a dating app. For Kirk Applejohn it seemed like a good plan.

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Spring 2023
Your First Liveaboard
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Your First Liveaboard

One of my favourite experiences is when I am on one of our liveaboard adventures and there are first-time liveaboard guests.

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Spring 2023
Improve Your Equalization
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Improve Your Equalization

All methods for equalizing your ears are simply ways to open the lower ends of your Eustachian tubes so air can enter. Most divers learn the Valsalva maneuver, but there are other equalization techniques divers may wish to try.

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3 mins  |
Spring 2023
Solo Diving: Really? Is that safe?
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Solo Diving: Really? Is that safe?

Tech Diving

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9 mins  |
Spring 2023
Toxic Gas Pockets!
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Toxic Gas Pockets!

Cave Diving

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5 mins  |
Spring 2023
Does size matter?
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Does size matter?

Shark Diving

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4 mins  |
Spring 2023
Diving With Your Smartphone
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Diving With Your Smartphone

Smartphones are quickly entering the mainstream of camera technology, and many divers realize how powerful they are for underwater video and photography.

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3 mins  |
Spring 2023
Mishaps and mistakes
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Mishaps and mistakes

In a perfect world, all our pictures would come out as masterpieces, and we would never make any mistakes. However, we are human, and shit happens.

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5 mins  |
Spring 2023
Sonya Lee
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Sonya Lee

SCIENCE COMMUNICATOR / DOCUMENTARY PRODUCER & DIRECTOR

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4 mins  |
Spring 2023
Lost Shipwreck Ironton discovered
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Lost Shipwreck Ironton discovered

National Marine Sanctuary Researchers Discover a Lost Shipwreck in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

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Spring 2023
Stories of Hope, Saving our Seas
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Stories of Hope, Saving our Seas

FUTURE OCEANS

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5 mins  |
Spring 2023
SO I MARRIED AN EXPLORER
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SO I MARRIED AN EXPLORER

Being married to a diver, explorer, and the Royal Canadian Geographic Society’s Explorer in Residence mightn’t be for everyone, but for Robert McClellan, the fear of losing your life partner is assuaged by trust and genuine respect

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7 mins  |
Spring 2023
THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT ΤΗΕ CRYSTAL CAVES OF ABACO
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THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT ΤΗΕ CRYSTAL CAVES OF ABACO

Divers navigate the glass ceiling of The Bahamas’ most impressive cave system, where Crystal Palace meets Fortress of Solitude

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10 mins  |
Spring 2023
JEWEL OF THE REEF
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JEWEL OF THE REEF

As divers traverse the globe in search of adventure, respecting and supporting local communities can stimulate ocean conservation at a grassroots level

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10+ mins  |
Spring 2023
THE VANISHING
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THE VANISHING

Three quarters of today’s animal species will be extinct within 300 years. Loss of even the smallest marine species affects an entire ecosystem. Extinction of multiple species could transform all our oceans forever.

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10+ mins  |
Spring 2023