Russian and foreign divers are planning to study Lake Goluboe, the deepest lake in the Caucasus. They will take first dive early next year in search for underwater caves and artifacts. Experts believe that there could be many artifacts owing to the fact that the lake is located at the crossroads of history, and that its extraordinary nature has preserved them.  Read More →

China’s manned submersible Jiaolong will conduct a test 7 kilometers beneath the sea level in 2012, according to the National Marine Conference of China held on Dec. 26 in Beijing.  Read More →

Our friend talws.334m informed us about the successfully salvage of the two-seater fighter aircraft Mirage 20000BGM of the Hellenic Air Force.  Read More →

While full-face diving masks are a wave of the future for sport divers, we ought to note that Ocean Technology Systems has recalled its Guardian full-face dive masks due to a potential drowning hazard.  Read More →

Russian divers working on Orda Cave Awareness Project have revealed a set of unseen pictures of the world’s longest underwater cave.  Read More →

Nauticam has released a housing for the Panasonic Lumix GF2 EVIL camera. The NA-GF2 has access to all of the important controls on the camera including shutter release, zoom, movie record, and the control dial.  Read More →

TOKYO: An international research team is to use the deep-sea drilling vessel, Chikyu, to bore into an area where two tectonic plates meet to study the movements of the plates that caused the Japanese earthquake.  Read More →

On Wednesday, 18 May 2011 at 19.00 in lecture hall THESSALONIKI HISTORY CENTRE-Billi Hall Square Hippodrome The Union Divers Thessaloniki is organizing an event presentation Greek Centre for Marine Research. Speakers Dr. Dimitrios Sakellariou, a geologist and director of research Katsaros Constantine, ruler of submarines “Thetis”, will present us with audiovisual material, work... 

An Australian team has made a record-breaking dive in what may be the world’s deepest coldwater cave. But the explorers still haven’t reached the end of this New Zealand cave, thought to lead to the mysterious source of the Pearse River.  Read More →

Three recently discovered shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea could give archaeologists new insights into the transition between medieval and modern shipbuilding. The remains of the three craft – all dating from between 1450 and 1600 – were found in the straits between Turkey and the Greek island of Rhodes. One ship appears to be a large English merchant ship, while the other two are smaller –...