TRAVEL::
Hawii. V. Darkin. Sandwich Islands above and under water. 6

Underwater Mysteries of San-Rafael. U. Sigov. Diving in Chili: fishes or icebergs. 72

Dahab. Notes by a Lonely Diver. D. Romanov. Adventures, diving, travel info. 44

EXPEDITION::
Moneron, the Mysterious Island. A. Gershun. Exploring the Moneron Island , national park, situated not far from South Sakhalin. 18

PORTFOLIO::
Winfred Persinger «Manta's Dance». S. Murashkina. Diving is his passion, u/w photography is pleasant supplement. 34

SEA SECRET::
Masters of Abyss. A. Ostrovski. Sensational finding in the Antarctic waters — colossal calmar. 50

TRAVEL::
"Golden Dawn" over Papua. T. Skidonenko. Amusing diving in Papua-New Guinea. 6
Baikalissimo! S. Weinberg. Marine biologist from Luxembourg shares his Baikal experience. 92
Maldiviana. A. Nesterova. Friendly Live-Aboard in the Maldives. 123

PORTFOLIO::
Marion Likes to dive... S. Murashkina. Marion Haarsma, master of computers from Holland, is a really passionate diver. 22

EQUIPMENT::
Meditation over a shabby rebreather. S. Cherkashin. Rebreathers: diving, classification, education, practice. 32
PROBLUE. A. Evstafiev. Budget diving equipment, made in Taiwan. 90
It must be Dry. V. Kokosha. Dry suit: protection from the loose of heat. 118

LIVE OCEAN::
Smell of Blood or Great White Shark History. A. Ostrovski. Detailed story about life cycle of Great White Shark, its biology and history. 6

FESTIVAL::
Sketches from Douarnenez Show. K.Kolosov Marine festival, that takes place every 2 years in the North of France.The closest is July 2004. 20

PORTRAIT::
Pascal Lecocq. Tireless Toiler, who Never Works. S. Murashkina Famous Painter of Blue shares his creative secrets. 28

TRAVEL::
My Dream — Australia. A. Biziykin, S. Murashkina. Diving Australian Great Barrier Reef is a must for every diver! 36
Croatia. D.Davidoff. Diving travel story on one of the clearest seas of Europe — Adriatic Sea. 78
Costa Rica. T. Skidonenko Travel remarks by an u/w hotographer. 90

CRUISE::
The Iron Five of South-Western Coast. Ph. Yakimov. Diving in the Black Sea on board «Frigate», real reliable cruise ship. 8

PHOTOREPORT::
Wonderland. A. Aristarkhov. Lake Baikal: Ice-Diving. 24

TRAVEL::
Papua New Guinea. A. Biziykin, S. Murashkina. Amazing diving in PNG with «Mike Ball Dive Expeditions». 32
Vietnam. K. Egorov. Travel and diving in the «Pearl of South-Eastern Asia». 50
Mystery of the Toplitzsee Lake. K. Kolosov. Austrian lakes still preserve lots of secrets, that become known to local divers. 70
Tioman. A. Nesterov. Diving around tropical volcanic islands in the Southern-Chinese Sea. 130

INFORMATION::
NAUI — NAUI technical department news. Ph. Yakimov Technical diving with NAUI. 104
Recompression. A. Mikhailov Different techniques of in-water recompression. 108
My PADI Profile. Е. Merculova PADI web-page description. 126

PHOTOREPORT::
When the dream comes true. S. Denisov The Black sea wreck safari. 20

INDUSTRY::
SAS — The legend of Japan. K. Kolosov Brilliant diving equipment from Japan. 80

SERVANTS OF ABYSS::
Alexey Reshetniak. A. Biziykin Well-known Russian cave diver about his way in diving. 92

TRAVEL::
Wreckages of the Japanese Empire. V.Darkin The ship wrecks of the Truk Lagoon. 26
Cocos Island. T. Skidonenko The description of amazing marine life of Cocos Island. 48
The Lician coast of Turkey. E. Bolotskih Diving on the Lician coast of the Mediterranean sea. 72

INFORMATION::
I Moscow International Diving Festival 2003. S. Murashkina. First specialized diving exhibition in Russia, organized on the international basis — the event of the year! 6
TecRec — what is it? S.Kurikov. «Technodiving» with PADI. 78
Contest of u/w pictures «Octopus Video» 2002. Prizing ceremony of u/w video contest celebrated. 136

EXPEDITION::
Balaklava Brake. Ph. Yakimov. Expedition of the «Octopus Team» to the Crimea, Balaklava, historical and secret military object. 10

PHOTOREPORT::
Taras Skidonenko. Knack of Seeing… Just from Papua New Guinea. 34

EQUIPMENT::
Undestroyable Pelican. S. Barabanov. Pelican cases are the real ones. 44
KISS-style Breathing. S.Cherkashin. KISS System — keep it simple stupid. 118
X-Stream. V. Kokosha. «Poseidon» conquers depth. 132