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How to SCUBA Dive With Glasses
SCUBA stands for self contained underwater breathing apparatus, which allows divers to stay underwater for extended periods of time. Poor vision can put divers in danger by preventing them from accurately and quickly reading scuba instruments such as watches and...
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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...