
Thousands upon thousands of bright pink and red strawberry anemones fill the underwater seascape, as clusters of giant, white cloud sponges protrude proudly off of the giant boulders that rest precariously upon a slope that wanders off into the abysmal depths.
Scuba Deemed Safe for More People - ABC NewsSource: ABC News
Scuba Deemed Safe for More People
Some People With Health Problems Used to Be Barred From Scuba Diving
An increasing number of patients with controlled diabetes, asthma and other diseases are getting the green light for an activity that was once off limits: scuba diving.
Divers recount 19 hours in shark-infested seasSource: msnbc.com
As day turned to night, Richard Neely and Allyson Dalton clung to each other in a vast ocean, hoping that search crews would find them before the sharks below did. After their ordeal on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the couple are "exhausted, but happy to be alive."
Diver survives swim in shark-infested Red SeaSource: msnbc.com
A Russian scuba diver who was swept away by strong currents in the shark-infested waters off Egypt said that he managed to survive by swimming some 12 miles back to shore.
Drowning sentence outrages dead bride's familySource: msnbc.com
The family of an American woman who drowned while scuba diving on her honeymoon in Australia is outraged that a court there has given her husband, who had been accused of her murder, only a one-year jail sentence for manslaughter.
Drowning sentence outrages dead bride's familySource: msnbc.com
The family of an American woman who drowned while scuba diving on her honeymoon in Australia is outraged that a court there has given her husband, who had been accused of her murder, only a one-year jail sentence for manslaughter.
Divers recount 19 hours in shark-infested seasSource: msnbc.com
As day turned to night, Richard Neely and Allyson Dalton clung to each other in a vast ocean, hoping that search crews would find them before the sharks below did. After their ordeal on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the couple are "exhausted, but happy to be alive."

"These days most are aware of the location, identification and recoveries from the Titanic. The Titanic was a large ship but in comparison it would take 5.56 Titanics end for end to occupy the space that Galloping Gertie now occupies.

ADM Publisher Curt Bowen looked at me and grinned as he stood on the stern platform of the "San Juan Diver". Moments later he strode into the cold green water lapping up against the massive stone wall that was towering above us.

In April 1791 Captain George Vancouver sailed from Falmouth, England, with an expedition well-outfitted and equipped with the finest scientific instruments available. His crew of approximately 150 men was handpicked.
Diving and Exploring Titanic's Sister Ship - the BritannicSource: BBC News
This is a link to an article that I found on the BBC about the current state of the massive liner Britannic, which was the larger "sister ship" to the Titanic. The Britannic was sunk by either a mine or a German torpedo in World War I off the coast of Greece.

On July 3rd, 1929, while driving home from the town of Port Angeles in Washington state, Russell and Blanche Warren mysteriously disappeared from the face of the Earth.
Divers reach steamship that sank off Mass. in 1898Source: Yahoo! News
BOSTON - Five Massachusetts men became the first divers to reach the wreck of a 19th-century steamship that sank in one of the most destructive storms in New England history, and say they saw an array of artifacts like dishes and mugs but no human remains.

Just passing on the alert from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission about the latest consumer products recall. The worst one is for the Aqua Lung scuba diving regulator.

The Pacific Northwest is well-known on both sides of the border for technology and innovation in many fields of endeavor – it is only natural that diving would be one of them.