ocean of events::

018 Hello, OCTOPUS!
Letter to the Editorial staff…

020 Ocean of events

country::

030 Crossroad of the Worlds. Kirill Egorov
The history of this small country, covering only 420 square km, is satiated with events, and whose culture absorbed both Oriental and Western traditions, like embroidered bedspread.

040 MALTA. Marcin Trzcinski
Connection of ancient and present times is felt quite well not only in Malta towns, but also in its depths. Wrecks of ships and airplanes, laying off Malta shores, present the history of the rough XX-th century, its waters guard also earlier times treasures. And it is impossible to examine everything during one visit.

052 The Country of Lucky People. Maria Zubakha
It is very easy to find yourself in the country, where every ninth person out of ten regards himself as an absolutely lucky one. You only need to step to Malta’s land and breathe its air. And then you should forget about all troubles and begin exploring its underwater places of interest, grottoes and caves, fantastically tangled under water and earth, and overwhelming quantity of wrecks…

travels::

166 Mantas “King-like”. Alexander Aristarkhov
What new can tell us a diver that has made lots of dives in the Indian Ocean, Maldives? The magic of these places is so strong, that when diving there, you always learn something new about the life of underwater inhabitants, and meet those species you dreamed of for a long time. Probably every diver dreams of diving with mantas. But one needs not only knowledge of nature, but a piece of luck also.

tek force::

090 WR1. To go where no one has gone before. Pascal Bernabe, Frank Huyghe
Man aims at extending the limits of his abilities, uplifting the level of accessible higher and higher every time. We speak about depth, the biggest depth, that man, equipped with scuba, achieved. The “deepest” diver in the world tells about his impressions.

100 Recovery. Ben Reymenants
Even training dives can be fool of surprises. This story tells about the dive at Bonaire during Extended Range course.

photoreport::

156 My South Ocean. Svetlana Murashkina
Sea, waves, sky… ice and birds. And waves again. Keen lens follows ever changing mind of the ocean close to the Antarctic ice limit.

extended range::

078 Stefano & Stefania, or 10 Days Underwater. Leonardo Olmi
For several decades writers-fantasts describe underwater cities, glittering with lights. While lucky inhabitants of these cities live on book pages and in films, the team of Italian experts ventured to run brave experiment, called “Home below the Sea”. The experiment was a success.

086 Ten Days After… Julia Golosiy
Direct participants of the experiment “Home below the Sea” share their impressions.

alive element::

060 Mola-Mola, or “Ocean Milestones”. Ralf Kiefner
Mysterious sun-fish, that looks so apart all the representatives of ocean depth. Nothing is known for sure about its life-style, routes and habits. Only legends exist. The tale about sad sun-fish is spread not only around people but Polar bears also.

070 Macrocosmos Under the Ice. Alexander Aristarkhov
Some people come to the White sea to admire frozen piles of ice formations, others are attracted by the world of miniature creatures, that are invisible by naked eye.

174 Sea Laboratory Banyan Tree Vabinfary. Andrey Biziukin.
Sea Laboratory is the place where one can combine pleasant and useful things: to dive in caressing waters of the Indian ocean when making field observations. Themes of works on preservation of Maldives Islands ecosystem is rather extended, and the term “artificial reef” here means different from the commonplace sinking of ships, having served its time.

sea library::

134 The Beach. I’ve Got Many Scarves. Alex Garlend
This is the story about the beach. The amazing beach, lost somewhere, – nobody knows for sure. The community of selected persons lives on white sand for months, fishes on coral reefs…

140 Blue Water, White Death. Stan Waterman
Beginning of the 60-ies of the XX century. What do people know about sharks? They are terrible predators and man-eaters. To know sharks closer, film their habits and actions, and show all these to people – are the goal of the Odyssey, amazing adventure of the small team of devoted people.

apres-dive::

128 A shark in your house. Alexey Sanososiuk.
Nowadays it is not necessary to dive in the Tropics in order to see real shark. One can leave space at his own apartment, set marine aquarium and enjoy the gracious predator any time, despite of the weather.

masterclass::

146 Lesson #6. Kurt Amsler
Photo clinic by Kurt Amsler — master of u/w photography and leading European professional-methodologist.

equipment::

106 Renewed LEGEND
New features of Legend regulator

110 Splash of super-new star in “Aquanaut” constellation. Andrey Biziukin
Equipment, that is produced, taking into consideration of Russian divers wishes, is made by PRODIVE company.

114 Batial Riders. Alexey Kuznetsov
Sea Horse scooter and other novelties from the BATIAL company.

subscriber’s club::

118 Subscriber’s Club information

last page::

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