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 <title><![CDATA[Whales don’t know the rules! ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:51 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Our wild-card holiday selection is for divers who want a close-up whale experience and some interesting diving to boot – SHANE WASIK samples the pleasures of Tonga for us ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Just passing through in Tahiti ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:06 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[You have flown to the other side of the world, but on an island-hopping press trip you know you’ll be lucky to get in more than a handful of dives. ZAC MACAULAY was determined to make every one count ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Go with the flow in the Raja Ampat]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:58 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It’s an expensive trip either way, but there are two Raja Ampats, says John Bantin – the tranquil one that gets macro photographers all worked up, and the exciting one that tests your staying power]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Cocos alive! ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:11 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It’s one of the greatest dive sites on Earth, and it will stay that way – unless climate change and illegal fishing has its way. Martin Strmiska undertakes the challenging voyage to Cocos Island while the going is good <br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Bullied back into diving]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:40 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Take a deep, deep beath ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:05 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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! <br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Lady of the lanterns ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:29 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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 ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Tiger shark v baby albatross]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:12 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Black water, open ocean]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:37 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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 ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Pipe dream]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:17 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Can you have too much of a good thing? John Bantin started to wonder after experiencing an embarrassment of macro riches at Tawali ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Life in the pass lane ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:03 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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 ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Turtle cleaning station]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:05 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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 ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Purse Seiner ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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 ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Ghost ships of Truk Lagoon]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:48 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:51 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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 ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Out of the blue ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:08 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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 ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[A taste of the stone age  ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:00 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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 ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The enchanted islands]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:23 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Deep wrecks of Truk Lagoon]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:06 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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 ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Wrecked and gone to heaven]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:22 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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<br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Ruined by sea-lions, attacked by penguins]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:15 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Galapagos offers amazing underwater spectacles, but they faded to grey for Hannah Cleaver after her first encounter with Zalophus californianus ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Creatures of the night]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:33 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA['I feel like one of those tiny animals, weightless, alone and drifting at the whims of tides and ocean currents.' Darryl Leniuk experiences two unique night dives at Kona in Hawaii ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Tahiti's little APPENDAGE]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:52 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Tahiti Iti is well off the beaten track, and it's not cheap either, but Paul Kay is glad he broke a journey across the world to sample its Polynesian diving delights ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Colours of the rainbow]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:09 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[After his report from Fiji in June on what must be the most remarkable shark-feed around, John Bantin turns his attention to these Pacific islands' outstanding "static" life. His quarry might be static, but the water in which it lives is anything but ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Soft coral and soft beds]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It's just one big smile in Fiji, says Gavin Anderson - spectacular coral reef experiences combined with luxury treatment on land add up to diver-pampering on an unprecedented scale]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Diving with the BAD BOYS]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Size matters in the shark world, as John Bantin discovers at a dive-site in Fiji that sets everything out for you on, as it were, a plate. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The Rhinopias is Missing!]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[To say that Papua New Guinea is rich in marine life is to say that Bill Gates has a bit put by, and the island of Loloata lives up to its billing. It also has its own special pride and joy to show off to divers, the lacy scorpionfish. But could John Bantin find one? Could he...]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Dugong Song - Fire, Earth and Water&nbsp;]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[One of the world's biggest wrecks, the rare and wonderful sea cow, the psychedelic wall of Tongoa and a ring of active volcanos - Vanuatu might be difficult to get to, says Tobias Bernhard, but the experience is unforgettable]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[War and Peace - Solomon Islands]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[They stand as a poignant legacy of the Solomon Islands' wartime role, but the numerous military wrecks are also alive with fascinating marine life, as John Bantin discovers]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Time-Travellers in the Pacific]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Within a blowhole's spurt of the international dateline, Samoa has to be top choice for those who wish to celebrate the Millennium in style. Gavin Anderson went on ahead to check out the diving - and nearly checked out altogether]]></description>
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