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Bullied back into diving
Richard Campbell quit diving after 20 years, following a series of panic attacks, but could one of the world's great shark dives tempt him back? Photography by LILI HAUGEN and ROBIN NAGY
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Take a deep, deep beath
Beth & Shaun Tierney are authors of the Footprint guide Diving the World, the second edition of which was published recently. The article here was written for DIVER, but it gives a flavour of the quality of the book - and after reading it, we defy any wildlife diver to tell us they could resist a dip at Islas Revillagigedo! more...
Lady of the lanterns
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
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Tiger shark v baby albatross
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
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Black water, open ocean
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
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Pipe dream
Can you have too much of a good thing? John Bantin started to wonder after experiencing an embarrassment of macro riches at Tawali
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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
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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
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Purse Seiner
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
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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
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Reef Diversity
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
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Out of the blue
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
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A taste of the stone age
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
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The enchanted islands
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
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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
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- Soft coral and soft beds
- Diving with the BAD BOYS
- The Rhinopias is Missing!
- Dugong Song - Fire, Earth and Water
- War and Peace - Solomon Islands
- Time-Travellers in the Pacific
- Sunny & Cher
- Whale Whisperers
- Back to the Battlefield
- A Dive on the Wild Side