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It took millions of years for humans to evolve from apes and develop self-consciousness, yet our ability to quantify the cosmos has largely unfolded only in the past five centuries. But awareness of Earth’s cosmic cycles has been continuously held by some of the oldest creatures on the planet: the corals and sponges of the … Read more
My youngest daughter, Persia, first expressed an interest in learning to dive while we were on holiday at Taba in Egypt. She was then only nine-years-old. Notwithstanding that, I entrusted my old friend Mohammed Ali, the manager of the AquaSport dive centre, with looking after the well-being of our little girl. He is a highly … Read more
Undercurrent has invited me to write this article about Tilagica Island in Fiji for its readership. Tilagica Island is a 53-acre island just off the northernmost island of Fiji, Vanua Levu. Vanua Levu is one of the two main, and largest Fiji islands. As discussed below, the island offers the opportunity for an individual or … Read more
— a remembrance of a great friend Bret Gilliam and Fred Garth were business partners from 1994 until 2004 when their publishing company was acquired by Petersen Publishing (Skin Diver, etc.). The two ran popular diving expeditions and were the first to take Draeger semi-closed rebreathers to places like Cocos Island, Palau and the Silver … Read more
When I first met Bret, I disliked him intensely. My friend Rob Palmer, a self-effacing Englishman, had invited me over to the Bahamas for the launch of the Draeger semi-closed circuit rebreather and I found myself in the company of a group of loud-mouthed American technical diving pioneers, each competing with the other to hold … Read more
