Tag Archives: Decompression
April 8, 2021
Immersion Pulmonary Edema
“I can’t breathe!”. Bill was a middle-aged man with a history of high blood pressure who was enjoying a wreck dive off the Northeast United States. He was diving a 14/7 mm farmer john wetsuit […]
March 3, 2021
We Need to Talk About Our Mistakes So We Can All Learn
It doesn’t matter what level of diver you are or the experience you have. In the end, we’re all humans and as humans we make mistakes. It’s also in our nature to […]
August 11, 2020
Evolution of Dive Planning
Plan the dive and dive the plan has long been the mantra employed in all areas of diving. Technical divers, in particular, spend more time planning their dives than many recreational divers. This is due […]
October 30, 2019
Under The Pole III - Interview with Ghislain Bardout
Under The Pole is an ongoing series of expeditions using technical diving in pursuit of exploration, inspiration, and science. In 2010 the team of Under The Pole I spent 45 days at the geographic north […]
October 17, 2019
Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems in Indonesia
The Twilight Zone… No, it is neither the name of a fancy new Disneyland attraction, nor the sequel of a famous teenage vampire movie. It is actually the unscientific way of referring to a very […]
July 29, 2019
Do Whales and Sea Turtles do Decompression?
Often, while I am diving on coral reefs I observe turtles resting on a ledge. It’s always around the 10m/30ft mark. Getting close to them usually reveals that the turtles are neither asleep nor foraging, […]
