Soviet Atlantis

In the old Soviet Union people were used to being watched by Big Brother. Divers in the Black Sea today are keeping up that tradition, but they enjoy it.
ALEXANDER KURAKIN pays a visit to Leaders’ Alley in the Ukraine. Photography by ANDREY NEKRASOV more...

I may be shallow but I'm happy

It's easy for divers to get fixated by depth, but Jonas Andersson is kicking back and enjoying the rich life found in the shallower seas of the UK and continental Europe more...

In Belgium, but no waffle

When you're based in Belgium, diving a German warship off the French coast on a British boat, you want to mind how you go! says John Liddiard
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Beyond Narvik

A liveaboard operating within the Arctic Circle offers the possibility of killer whales to spice a tasty winter wreck trip. John Liddiard wraps up warm more...

DAMPEST DAIRY Lyngstøylvatnet, Norway

By Rikard Godlund

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, in May 1908, a big avalanche started on the Keipen mountain, in a little valley west of Geirangerfjord. It dammed the river, forming a small lake that is now called Lyngstøylvatnet. more...

Headfirst into the maelstrom

These are the most powerful waters in the world, and not to be taken lightly. Lars Kirkegaard samples current diving beyond the Arctic Circle, and reckons Saltstraumen is hard to beat for sheer exuberance more...

Seduced by Russia's White Sea

For award-winning underwater photographer Andrey Nekrasov, the dream ticket lay in the far north of Russia, where white whales play among the Gorgon's heads and lancetfish more...