Birds of the Sea
One of the greatest symbols of wildlife in the animal kingdom, penguins endear themselves with their comical antics and wow us by thriving in unbelievably hostile environments.
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Surface Tows Against Current
It was a sunny day at South Florida’s Blue Heron Bridge. Two years had passed since I last dived this location, and I was anticipating a simple excursion to look at the local fish. The dive plan was to make a shore entry and allow the current to take me west down the beach.
The DAN Recompression Chamber Network
Divers Alert Network (DAN) maintains a global recompression chamber network, which consists of a database of all hyperbaric chambers with the capability and willingness to treat injured divers.
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Program Spotlight: New Diver’s Guide to Safer Diving Is Available
DAN works diligently to equip divers with the information they need to stay safe both in and out of the water.
Monterey Bay
Within the geographical confines of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS) is one of the world’s most ecologically diverse coastal marine environments.
Liz Taylor: A Diver and a Doer
A 2023 inductee into the Women Divers Hall of Fame, Taylor hopes to get people to think about little things they can do every day that collectively can make a big difference.
Identifying the Lost Liberator
The small Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) field at Gander, Newfoundland, gained notoriety as the airport to which dozens of international flights were diverted after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
Entanglements
We’ve all seen tragic images of suffering marine animals entangled in monofilament line or other marine debris.
DAN Dispatch: New Hand Signal Communicates Illness
Divers learn in training to avoid diving when ill, but sometimes people become ill during a dive.
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