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 <title>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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 <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>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>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>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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 <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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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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 <link>http://www.divernet.com/Travel_Features/pacific/157622/tahitis_little_appendage.html</link>
 <title>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>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>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>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>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>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>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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 <link>http://www.divernet.com/Travel_Features/pacific/157613/timetravellers_in_the_pacific.html</link>
 <title>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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 <link>http://www.divernet.com/Travel_Features/pacific/157602/sunny_amp_cher.html</link>
 <title>Sunny &amp; Cher</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[French Polynesia is the size of western Europe, so travelling between the best dive sites can be a time-consuming process, and costly too. But with several UK tour operators looking to add it to their brochures, John Bantin set off on a three-week haul around the Pacific, and sent back some postcards]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.divernet.com/Travel_Features/pacific/157612/whale_whisperers.html</link>
 <title>Whale Whisperers</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Win the trust of humpback whales and it's possible to interact with them for long periods. Tally Pozzoli got to know some of these not-always gentle giants around the Pacific island of Rurutu - including a calf called Crazy Baby which has taken scientists by surprise]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.divernet.com/Travel_Features/pacific/157610/back_to_the_battlefield.html</link>
 <title>Back to the Battlefield</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Sixty years ago, when the Japanese attempted to attack Australia via what was then New Guinea and Papua, it was Allied air power that sealed their fate. The northern coast of modern PNG is now a major resource for divers interested in wartime ship and aircraft wrecks, and Hansa Bay is just one area that can satisfy their desires. John Bantin reports from the war zone.]]></description>
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 <title>A Dive on the Wild Side</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Peleliu Cut, Palau, is no place for a beginner to dive. It is here that the roaring tide of the Philippine Sea, moving northwards, meets the mighty current of the Pacific Ocean, sweeping down in the opposite direction. John Bantin hooked on to the reef to enjoy this exhilarating confluence before inspecting the less taxing attractions of the region, which include caverns, pelagic fish and sting-free jellyfish.See also : Sun Dancing the week away]]></description>
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 <title>Take Me to Your Leader</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Close encounters of the first class, recovered from the memory of Gavin Anderson]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.divernet.com/Travel_Features/pacific/157615/swimming_with_giants.html</link>
 <title>Swimming with Giants</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Is an in-water humpback whale encounter on your wishlist? Your options are limited, says Darryl Leniuk, but if you can make it to Tonga in the south Pacific, your dreams could come true]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.divernet.com/Travel_Features/pacific/157616/anything_for_captain_cook.html</link>
 <title>Anything for Captain Cook?</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The islands of Vava'u, in the South Pacific, teem with marine life, and are undeveloped to the point of quaintness. by Pete Atkinson ]]></description>
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