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The Bathysphere on display at the National Geographic museum in 2009. The Bathysphere (from Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús) 'deep' and σφαῖρα (sphaîra) 'sphere') was a unique spherical deep-sea submersible which was unpowered and lowered into the ocean on a cable, and was used to conduct a series of dives off the coast of Bermuda from 1930 to 1934.
Horton-Perinchief was born in Paget, Bermuda in 1983. [2] Her mother, Ellen-Kate Horton, represented Bermuda in softball, [4] while her father, Philip Perinchief, was the Attorney General of Bermuda. [4] She began diving in competitions when she was seven years old, at events in Canada, [4] and went to school in Toronto. [7]
Recreational freediving at the Blue Hole in the Red Sea. Freediving as a recreational activity is widely practiced and differs significantly from scuba diving. Although there are potential risks to all freediving, it can be safely practiced using a wide range of skill levels from the average snorkeler to the professional freediver.
SEALAB I being lowered off Bermuda in 1964. SEALAB I was commanded by Captain Bond, [3] who became known as "Papa Topside". SEALAB I proved that saturation diving in the open ocean was viable for extended periods. The experiment also offered information about habitat placement, habitat umbilicals, humidity, and helium speech descrambling. [4]
In January 2020 Barnette, along with fellow explorers, discovered what they believed to be a 95-year-old ship, the SS Cotopaxi, which had disappeared near the Bermuda Triangle in 1925. [19] The boat had departed from Charleston, South Carolina, carrying 32 passengers and never made it to its final destination, Havana, Cuba. Barnette sought help ...
Streeter took up freediving at age 25 and almost immediately began to break records. [1] She made her first important breakthrough in 1998 when she bettered Deborah Andollo's Women's AIDA NLT (No Limit) diving record by 10 feet, achieving a total depth of 370 feet (113 m). She was inducted into the Women Divers Hall of Fame in March 2000.
Constant weight bi-fins, denoted by the acronym CWTB in competition notation, is a competitive freediving discipline wherein the freediver wears a pair of bi-fins (or stereo, as opposed to a monofin) to descend along the line with or without the use of their arms. Pulling on the rope or changing ballast will result in disqualification; only a ...
It, therefore, includes the range of physiological effects generally limited to human ambient pressure divers either freediving or using underwater breathing apparatus. Several factors influence the diver, including immersion, exposure to the water, the limitations of breath-hold endurance, variations in ambient pressure, the effects of ...