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Lady of the lanterns

UK diver John Dryden inspects an intact lantern Truk offers the world's best wreck-diving, says Leigh Bishop, and this most famous of lagoons also holds some of wreck-diving's best-kept secrets. He returned recently to photograph its deepest wreck more...

Tiger shark v baby albatross

which would prove very effective The odds are far from even when sharks ambush fledgling birds, as the BBC's Ellen Husain reports in her final diary on the making of South Pacific more...

Black water, open ocean

This is when you want plankton soup! After the big-animal encounters , a nocturnal outing promised tinier fare for the BBC's South Pacific film crew. Director Ellen Husain gets her night vision more...

Pipe dream

Harlequin ghost pipefish Can you have too much of a good thing? John Bantin started to wonder after experiencing an embarrassment of macro riches at Tawali more...

Life in the pass lane

It has to be one of the world's great drift dives, but the ferocity of the current through Rangiroa's Tiputa Pass took Michael Salvarezza and Christopher P Weaver by surprise. Pictures by John Bantin more...

Turtle cleaning station

Activity at the turtle cleaning station It looked like a far more relaxing assignment for the BBC's South Pacific film crew, after the angst of the tuna seine nets. It didn't quite work out that way, says director/marine biologist Ellen Husain more...

Purse Seiner

Richard in among the thouands of tuna - the sheer scale of purse seine fishing causes concern for conservationists. Filming inside a giant 200m-deep fishing net may not top everyone's diving dream-list, but for ELLEN HUSSEIN, directing the BBC's forthcoming South Pacific series, it was one of her most incredible experiences yet more...
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Ghost ships of Truk Lagoon

His richly illustrated account of Truk's deeper Japanese warship wrecks last December brought a warm response, so here is LEIGH BISHOP 's follow-up - it's about the shallower wrecks accessible to any diver who can make the trip to Micronesia more...

Reef Diversity

Pristine corals at Penguin Reef The BBC's South Pacific film crew continue their journey, this time in search of the perfect coral reef, and director and marine biologist Ellen Husain enjoys a Penguin experience more...

Out of the blue

Closing in for that valuable shark footage. In the first part of her diary leading into next summer's major BBC TV series South Pacific, marine biologist and director Ellen Husain goes in search of sharks and whales off Hawaii more...

A taste of the stone age

giant clams. Glimpses of ancient cultures keep appearing, though there is nothing prehistoric about the facilities at the Tufi Dive Resort. Under water, things are as they ever were, says John Bantin more...

The enchanted islands

Bartolome Island gives an idea of Galapagos terrain. Marine-life diving doesn't get any better than this - but how much longer will divers be allowed to go on enjoying these remarkable Pacific islands? asks Mark Harris. Topside pictures by Laura Storm more...

Deep wrecks of Truk Lagoon

Whatever people say about the diving in Truk, multiply it by 10, says Leigh Bishop - it's that good. Does that include what Leigh says about it here? Never mind, just enjoy his insight into the location's less-dived wrecks more...

Wrecked and gone to heaven

It's the world's top wreck site - and possibly the world's top shark site too. Atomic testing brought misery for many half a century ago, but today Bikini is bliss for the fortunate few divers who make it there. John Bantin is one of them
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Ruined by sea-lions, attacked by penguins

Sea-lions seem to take delight in buzzing divers in Galapagos Galapagos offers amazing underwater spectacles, but they faded to grey for Hannah Cleaver after her first encounter with Zalophus californianus more...

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