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Monthly Archives: March 2010
South Korean Military Diver Dies on Sunken Warship
A diver has died while searching for survivors on the wreck of the Cheonan, which sank after an explosion last Friday. The current thinking is that the ship hit a North Korean mine, in disputed waters. Although the Defence Minister … Continue reading
Great White Found Diving to 1200 metres
New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), has been tagging great white sharks around Stewart and Chatham islands for the last 5 years. So far they have tagged 25 with tags that stay on for 6 – … Continue reading
Earth Hour – 27 March
In support of Earth Hour, we are all being encouraged to turn lights off from 8:30pm on Sat 27th March 2010 for one hour. This is intended to show the stand millions of people around the world are making against … Continue reading
WW I passenger ship found off NZ
On 26 June 1918 the Wimmera, an Australian passenger ship, hit a German mine north of New Zealand. She sank with the loss of 26 lives out of 151 passengers and crew. Now Mike Hodson, an Auckland electronics expert, and … Continue reading
Great White Photos from the Guardian
This is a photo from the Guardian’s website. It is the first of a sequence of 5 of a great white shark investigating three divers in a cage in Mexico. Unfortunately they seem more interested in emphasising that one of … Continue reading
Deep Sea Fish Eat Plant Material
OK, so they don’t surface in the middle of the night, crawl up the beach, climb trees and start snacking on coconut leaves. Instead scientists artificially fed one of the most common species of deep sea fish on plants, and … Continue reading
OMS Power Inflator
I have a borrowed OMS twin tank wing, whose power inflator was sticking open, so that when I pressed the button to inflate the wing, it would continue pushing air into the bag even after I’d stopped. The only way … Continue reading
The HMS Poseidon Story
Steven Schwankert is a diver and journalist based in Beijing. He has been along to SCDC’s Thursday night club night on a number of occasions, and gave a hugely entertaining talk on diving Lake Khovsgol in Mongolia. Around that time … Continue reading
Remains Found on 18th Century Warship
HMS Victory was Nelson’s flagship at Trafalgar, but it was the 6th ship of that name to serve with the Royal Navy. Its predecessor was also a 100 gun ship of the line and was launched in 1737. However it … Continue reading
Equipment Maintenance Workshop
Seven of us were round at SCDC‘s Diving Officer’s place on Saturday for an Equipment Maintenance workshop. After depositing my entrance fee (a sixpack) in the fridge, I took a look at their dining room table. The last time I’d … Continue reading
Rare Akame Fish Behaviour
On their website the BBC has got some footage of Japan’s secretive and rarely seen Akame fish. You can see it on the BBC website.
Giant Shark Fossil Found in Kansas
Scientists have found the fossilized remains of a 10 metre long shark in Kansas. They found a jawbone and huge tooth plates, which they believe it used to crush large shellfish like giant clams. The shark is called Ptychodus mortoni, … Continue reading