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Dive Insurance - Is It Worth It?
by Helen Briden - Freeport Grand Bahama Island

           Scott decided to take his family away for a week.  He was a certified diver who only used to dive once a year on vacation.  He chose Grand Bahama for our beautiful location, great diving for him and plenty to keep his wife and young family occupied while he was enjoying his passion for diving.   <full article>
 

Cavern Diving on Grand Bahamas Island
by Kevin Jones (Ph
otos courtesy of
Andrew Loveitt)
         As Susan Finlen told you in her story about our cavern diving class, we had quite an adventure.  Our instructor, Christina Zenato with UNEXSO, was a real stickler for details.  Susan and I completely changed our gear layouts on our BC’s in order to streamline ourselves and avoid taking items into the caverns that we did not need.   <read article>

A Peek Under the Shell: Sea Turtle Secrets Revealed
    I don't know if the shadow of the turtle or the shark was the first to catch my eye, but almost instantaneously I recognized that the chase was on. The 8-foot- (2.4-m-) long tiger shark was in pursuit of a 200-pound (90-kg) loggerhead turtle in the shallow waters of the mangroves in the northern Bahamas just east of Walker's Cay.  <click here>
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In Other News ...

Nets Kill Nearly 1,000 Marine Mammals a Day, Group Says
      -National Geographic

Scientists Speed Coral Growth
      -Environmental News Network

"Jaws" at 30: Film Stoked Fear, Study of Great White Sharks
      -National Geographic

VOLCANIC ENCHANTMENT By Ty Sawyer
      -Sport Diver

Dolphin Moms Teach Daughters to Use Tools
      -National Geographic

Scientists Lead Sea Expedition from Land
      -Environmental News Network

Want your tank to last longer? Dive like a whale
      -Rodale's Scuba Diving

Invasive Asian Carp Head Toward Great Lakes
      -Dive Training Magazine

Scientists Find Antarctic Has Strong Ecosystem
      -Environmental News Network

 

 

 
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