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Émile Gagnan – Co-Inventor of the Diving Regulator
The diving world owes a debt to genius of Émile Gagnan and Jacques-Yves Cousteau, a French Navy diver. Both men developed the diving regulator – also known as the demand valve – which is responsible for reducing pressurized breathing gas...
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Victor Berge – Pioneering Swedish Diver
Born in the town of Ockelbo – described by Victor Berge in his book Pearl Diver as “a little village in the pine forests of Gestrickland” – Berge spent much of his life at sea. After losing his father at...