Dry gloves can be frustrating, expensive, and difficult to manage without assistance. In this video, I explain a simple method the keeps me cozy.
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Aikoku MaruTruk Lagoon, Micronesia WWII history and resplendent marine life make Truk Lagoon one of the world’s best diving destinations.Join me in January 2022 when I return to Truk on a comfortable, small group, liveaboard adventure with The Dirty Dozen Expeditions. Website Email for Info Shortly before 8 am on Sunday, December 7th, 1941, Japanese aircraft carried out a surprise attack on the American Fleet based in Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands. In just 90 minutes the Japanese Navy managed to destroy seven battleships, around 90 support ships, and 250 aircraft, with a total of some 5,000 servicemen wounded…
As the Suunto Diving Ambassador, pioneering cave diver, explorer and author Jill Heinerth talks about Diving Physiology in Episode 1 of this four part series. Be sure to subscribe and...
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I’m a cave diver and I like to tell people that I swim through the veins of Mother Earth, exploring the lifeblood of our planet. Most people look into the darkness of a cave and see only terrifying blackness, but for me, the darkness beckons, drawing me into an unexplored world of possibilities. Every fin stroke that takes me further into the unknown, offering an opportunity for discovery and growth. Today, we live in a world where fear governs the actions of the populace. People are terrified of world politics, failure, and change in their daily lives. I believe the…
The earliest visitors to Florida knew it was a special place. Over 12,000 years ago, Paleo-Indians, perhaps following a mastodon loping through the savannah, were drawn to bountiful turquoise water holes in the woods. In those days, glaciers to the north had not yet melted, and the Florida peninsula was much more extensive and drier than it is today. Surface waters like rivers and lakes were scarce and the indigenous people survived by finding places where nourishing waters welled up from underground. Like an oasis in the desert, springs were sanctuaries, attracting humans and animals to share their sustaining bounty….
I decided to integrate my Hollis Katana sidemount rig into my PRISM2 CCR with backmounted counterlungs. I did this to make travel more streamlined since I am often working on...
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About 15 years ago, I tinkered with two Meg rebreathers, attempting to construct a sidemount oriented rig that might buy me space in tight cave environments. I was intent on...
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As a professional in the industry, I am sometimes sent sample products to evaluate. Recently, OrcaTorch sent me a video light, their D900V. I picked it up at a friend’s dive shop, EPSO in Gatineau, Quebec. As local distributors for OrcaTorch, they had a full stock of the entire line of OrcaTorch products. The D900V is specifically designed for video shooters and answers a need that is unique. Years ago, I asked my electrical engineer brother if he could develop a light that offered different color temperature settings. He never came through, but OrcaTorch did. The resulting product provides four…
Making documentary films while immersed in the hostile, yet stunning waters of the Canadian Arctic, I need great technology to keep me warm and safe. The travel, dives, and image making all create their own set of unique challenges, and once you are in the north, there is no way to call up a dive shop for something you may have forgotten. I’ve spent many months in the polar region, most recently helping to create a film about climate change. Camping on the sea ice and then on a remote island outpost, I swam with polar bears, hovered below fighting…