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In Arctic ?cold war,? Russia plows ahead
A new cold war is breaking out in the race for Arctic oil, natural gas and minerals, and it involves front-line icebreakers. Russia has seven and the United States has three, if you count one that’s laid up in Seattle and won’t be seaworthy for a year.
The competition is heating up because of global warming [...]
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China to deploy first mooring system in the Arctic
China will install its first annual deep-sea subsurface mooring system in the Arctic Ocean to monitor the long-term marine changes in the Arctic ocean, members of China’s third Arctic expedition said Sunday.
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2500-year-old Greek ship salvaged off Sicily
ROME, July 28 (Xinhua) — An ancient Greek trading ship that has lain on the seabed off the coast of Gela in southern Sicily for 2,500 years was brought to the surface for the first time on Monday
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Apollo HID and HMI Video Lighting
Whether building specialty lighting systems for National Geographic sponsored projects or providing crucial lighting for productions on Japan’s powerhouse entity NHK, Halcyon can increasingly be found center stage with the innovative HID and HMI Apollo Video Lighting Systems.
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The floating cities that could one day house climate change refugees
At first glance, they look like a couple of giant inflatable garden chairs that have washed out to sea
But they are, apparently, the ultimate solution to rapidly rising sea levels.
This computer-generated image shows two floating cities, each with enough room for 50,000 inhabitants.
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Olympic nightmare: A red tide in the Yellow Sea
BEIJING: With less than six weeks before it plays host to the Olympic sailing regatta, the city of Qingdao has mobilized thousands of people and an armada of small boats to clean up an algae bloom that is choking large stretches of the coastline and threatening to impede the Olympic competition.
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Prehistoric find located beneath the Swiss waves
Archaeologists have discovered traces of Switzerland?s oldest known building, but it will never draw tourists: it lies underwater in the middle of a lake.
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U.S. Gives Russia Data on Mysterious Cold War Sunken Submarine K-129
By MIKE ECKEL
The Associated Press
Monday, September 10, 2007; 4:07 PM
MOSCOW — U.S. military officials on Monday gave Russia a videotape and other archival materials on the Soviet K-129 submarine, whose sinking in 1968 is one of the lingering mysteries of the Cold War.
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Dover Strait U-boat to be moved
The wreck of a World War I German submarine is to be moved because it is a danger to shipping off Dover.
The U-boat, which has been in the Dover Strait since 1918, is 23.5m (77ft) below the surface, which does not leave enough clearance for modern ships.
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Summer field course 2007 at Ikaria, Greece
Marine Scientific Illustration & Underwater Photography, Aegean Sea, Greece
This course is aimed at students and graduates of Illustration, Design, Marine Biology and Environmental Sciences, as well as of related fields.
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Deep sea divers opt for Nasdaq flotation
Serious investors are putting money into a business once the preserve of buccaneers
On the bridge of the Odyssey Explorer the talk was not about stocks and shares but about the Spanish patrol boats at the entrance to Gibraltar’s port, waiting to search her hold for hidden treasure.
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Divers in Sweden discover Soviet World War II submarine
Stockholm - A team of Finnish and Sweden nationals have discovered a Soviet submarine that sank in 1942 after being rammed by a Finnish submarine, a spokesman said Tuesday.
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Doctor starts blog to help divers understand risks when underwater
Each year, five to six diving deaths occur in South-east Asia, and about 25 Singaporean divers fall victim to decompression sickness ? a potentially fatal condition that can occur when divers surface too quickly.
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BRITANNIC Expedition 2007
Hellas Underwater Explorers (HUE)/Petrou George have the honour to announce the agreement with Britannic Foundation. According with this agreement HUE is going to be responsible for the Britannic Expedition 2007. The expedition will take place from 10-13th of September 2007 in Kea Island, Greece.
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157-year-old shipwreck found in lake
VERMILION, Ohio, USA - The wreckage of a steamship that sank in 1850 after its boilers exploded has been discovered at the bottom of Lake Erie.
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Nina Preisner breaks world record in 159.8m (525ft) dive to wrecked cargo ship
A Briton who gave up her job as a lawyer to pursue a career in watersports has claimed the record for the world?s deepest dive on to a wreck by a woman.
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Japan?s Ama Women Divers
SHIRAHAMA, Japan. Japan’s legendary ama women shellfish divers, immortalised on stamps and in the 1967 James Bond film “You Only Live Twice”, have grown older and their numbers have declined but they still enjoy their work and earn enough to carry on.
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Sharm bridge plan shelved
Plans to build a bridge linking Egypt’s Sharm el Sheikh with the Saudi Arabian mainland have been postponed, following a refusal by Egypt’s President Mubarak.
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Claims sunken warship HMAS Sydney finally found
A BRITISH maritime researcher claims to have solved one of Australia’s greatest wartime mysteries by locating the wreck of HMAS Sydney.
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Recall - Apeks Yoke Screw potential fault
British dive equipment manufacturer Apeks has announced a recall on a batch of first-stage regulator yoke clamp screws.
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