www.ivmag.org - 2004 year

#06(36)2004

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:34:19 +0400

COUNTRY::

022 At the edge of the World. Dmitry Miliutin. How does the South Africa looks like. Why did Europeans try to control these lands?

030 Sun City. Denis Golosiy. Shining Sun City and charming Sodwana Bay – the two fragments of the colorful map of SAR.

042 Wipe your noses – the fairytales are over! Sergei Dedinski. Elephants, crocodiles and hippopotamuses, as well as great white sharks – meet and get amused!

052 Dedicated to all frenzied travelers! Ekaterina Cvetkova. The travel goes on – or where to dive in South Africa.

058 As a proof of common truth. Boris Filatov. How it really was.

LIVE OCEAN::

136 Life’s mill. Alexander and Marina Kamnev. Seaweed – are not only the eldest plants, but also source of life for all living creatures in the world. Continued.

ELITE::

120 A bit about tech diving. Kirill Egorov. Some thoughts about reasons to start technical diving.

122 View from inside. Igor Galaida. 180 meter dive at altitude – is it a test of personal limits?

EXPEDITION::

060 We did not find it… Alexander Aristarhov. "Cheluskin – 70" expedition – participant experience…

158 Antarctic. Svetlana Murashkina. Underwater expedition to eternal ice.

SEA TREASURES::

114 Flor de la Mar. Robert F. Marx. The miraculous treasures of Malakka, stolen by Portuguese, are still hidden on the sea floor…

TRAVELS::

068 The White Sea. The best dive sites. Andrey Bizyukin. If you visited the White Sea once, you’ll be amazed forever…

096 VIP style travel. Anastasia Nesterova. What usual divers are missing during travel.

146 Nova Scotia — it's in Canada. Svetlana Murashkina. Nova Scotia gives an incredible combination of wild nature and comfort.

EQUIPMENT::

100 Light for Video. Alexey Dobriakov. Some advises for novice UW operators.

INFORMATION::

080 John, who created the magazine. Svetlana Murashkina. Who’s he – the chief-editor and creator of Dutch magazine «Duiken»?

130 My mistakes and gaining. Andrew Samarin. Diving Safety in amateur diver’s view.

PADI DIVING SOCIETY::

086 PADI Diving Society Information

DEDINSKI'S COLUMN::

110 Personal Column by Sergei Dedinski.

LAST PAGE::

160 Photo not including in this issue

#05(35)2004

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:33:46 +0400

COUNTRY::

016 MEXICO. The start of time. Kirill Egorov. The birth place of tequila, cactuses, Pancho Villa and Robert Rodriguez.

022 Viva la Mexico! How to organize a diving on Yucatan. Juri Sigov. Any theater starts with a hanger, and diving in Mexico – with a visa…

028 Where do people dive here? Dmitry Roudakov. The breathtaking sights of Caribbean Riviera.

038 Between hurricanes. Taras Skidoneko. Trip in the Cortes Sea : new contacts, new impressions.

LIVING OCEAN::

130 Life's mill. Alexander and Marina Kamnev. Seaweed – are not only the eldest plants, but also source of life for all living creatures in the world.

ELITE::

068 The dive to 313 m. Mark Ellyatt. Preparing and executing the deepest solo dive – at first hand.

073 Dive reasonably. Pavel Markelov. An interview with Mark Ellyatt.

EXPEDITION::

116 Short voyage. Svetlana Murashkina. The short trip across North Atlantic as a part of the program "The World Ocean"

PORTFOLIO::

120 Unusual man called Rogest. Svetlana Murashkina. Amazing paintings of the artist and diver-pirate – an exalted hymn to ocean and its inhabitants!

CINEMA::

046 Open Water. Julia Golosiy. As soon as the movie "Open Water" had reached the screens, there immediately appeared lots of contradictory comments…

TRAVELS::

056 With a SCUBA near the polar circle. Alexander Aristarhov. The only real ice diving in Europe – in the White Sea!

076 The unknown expedition. You can't dive any higher. Andrei Biziukin. Dive in the most altitude lake in the world – how was it done.

APNEA::

140 Once upon a time in Cyprus. Natalia Molchanova. Apnea. New records, new achievements.

EDUCATION::

112 Hi boys and girls, and their parents. Anastasia Nesterova. Can't decide, if you want to take a child with you in vacation – the answer is easy!

INFORMATION::

052 You were lost… What to do? Max Right. A few recommendations from a person, who has been lost in the sea… eight times…

092 Development of "Diving" in Russia . Svetlana Murashkina. "Diving 2004" — history, personalities, events. Final

096 Huston is awaiting for guests. Andrei Biziukin.

098 Robert Hollis. Svetlanа Murashkina. An interview with the DEMA Show president, and dive industry alderman.

PADI DIVING SOCIETY::

084 PADI Diving Society Information

DEDINSKI'S COLUMN::

102 Personal Column by Sergei Dedinski

LAST PAGE::

144 Photo not including in this issue

#04(34)2004

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:33:10 +0400

COUNTRY::

016 The land of Vikings. Kirill Egorov. Denmark is a small Scandinavian country, the birthplace of skilled ship builders and brave sailors, fierce warriors and sly traders…

022 Denmark at the first glance. Svetlana Murashkina. Danish Kingdom is the country-museum and country – cosy house.

026 The Wreck Land . Typically Danish diving. Andrey Biziukin. Diving near the sea shores of Denmark is for experienced divers. Unpredictable conditions and currents make diving really complicated and exciting the same time.

LIVING OCEAN ::

040 Sardinarium. The great African marathon. Ralf Kiefner. Once becoming the witness of sardines' migration, you will aspire to go through it again and again…

EXPEDITION::

126 Lusitania. The Return. Leigh Bishop. Lusitania still keeps its secrets. Another dive on the famous wreck – another chance to learn secrets.

136 Lusitania. How and why it was. Dmitry Miliutin. The history of a luxurious transatlantic liner – the mirror of the time…

PORTFOLIO::

070 Lars Stenholt Kirkegaard: "The biggest amount of shipwrecks per square meter you can find in Denmark". Svetlana Murashkina.

EDUCATION::

101 Skills practice and demonstration. Togan M. Muftuoglu. Recommendations of the PADI Course-Director.

118 No need to hurry, or chick's trimix. Maria Ustinova. How a dream of diving in The Blue Hole turned two girls into a Trimix Divers.

122 Tec Trimix. Kirill Egorov. What makes DSAT Tec Trimix Course so different from others…

SEA TREASURES::

102 Treasure hunting goes Hi-Tech. Robert Marx. The usage of ROVs and manned submersibles helps explorers of the sea floor to extend ranges of possible.

TRAVELS::

054 Nereis. The wanders of the White Sea. Andrey Biziukin. Passion for unknown forces to dive under ice, into the sunken mines of GULAG.

062 No one will come to me… Maxim Kuznetsov. Or story, happened in a treacherous underwater bord.

078 «Golden Eden» is an Optimal Company. Sergey Dedinski.

SEA SECRETS::

034 In the search of the sunken ships. Unknown antique ship on the bottom of the Red Sea . Anna Bikova. What was left beyond the frame during the making of "In the search of the sunken ships" movie.

INFORMATION::

082 Development of "Diving" in Russia . Svetlana Murashkina. "Diving 2004" — history, personalities, events. Continuation.

EQUIPMENT::

108 Fusion style revolution. Alexandr Levandovskiy. A few recommendations how to choose a BCD.

PADI DIVING SOCIETY::

088 PADI Diving Society Information

DEDINSKI'S COLUMN::

112 Personal Column by Sergei Dedinski.

ANNOUNCEMENT::

142 Ghost hunting. Philip Yakymov

LAST PAGE::

144 Photo not including in issue

#03(33)2004

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:32:25 +0400

COUNTRY::

012 Ice Land. Kirill Egorov. The history of a harsh land: its glory and prosperity, described in ancient sagas; centuries of decline, rise and independence today.

024 Diving between Fire and Ice. Jerome Konen. The island where icebergs meet volcanoes, where hot springs and waterfalls face rough lava deserts, still exists a genuine notion of adventure.

LIVING OCEAN::

132 Sea Turtles – Eternal Wanderers of the Seas. Alexander Tambiev. Who are these sea travelers – "live canned food" or the most mysterious animals of our planet?

PORTFOLIO::

122 Vadim Zverev: "I can launch projects". Svetlana Murashkina.

INFORMATION::

098 How to become a PADI Instructor. Togan M. Muftuoglu. Recommendations of the PADI Course-Director.

110 Development of "Diving" in Russia. Svetlana Murashkina. Moscow International Festival "Diving 2004" – history, personalities, events.

EXTENDED RANGE::

036 Salt Dreams of Jacques Rougerie. Andrey Biziukin. The prominent architect designs under "Water Sign" and dreams to create the new habitat for man.

ELITE::

080 John Bennett. Pavel Markelov. The last interview by John Bennett – the diver, who set world deep diving record four times.

TRAVELS::

042 Marvellous crescent of Molokini. Juriy Sigov. Molokini atoll in the Pacific attracts divers from all over the world – it is famous by clarity of the ocean water, and beauty, and diversity of sea life.

050 «Golden Edem» is an Optimal Company. Sergey Dedinski. Easy diving in the most distant destinations.

SEA TREASURES::

114 Treasure hunting goes Hi-Tech. Robert Marx. Ocean keeps its treasures in unmeasured depth, but archaeologists keep on going deeper and deeper in their researches, using the modern technologies.

CAVE-DIVING::

058 20 000 lieux under the ground together with Pascal Bernabe. Philippe Poulet, Andrey Bizyukin. Famous technical cave diver Pascal Bernabes dives and exploits Vocluze — the biggest and the deepest spring of Europe.

EQUIPMENT::

104 Aqua Lung. Place, where regulators are born. Andrey Biziukin, Alexander Kashunin. Company Aqua Lung is worldwide leader in regulator's producing. History, key people and present time innovations.

PADI DIVING SOCIETY::

090 PADI Diving Society Information

PERSONAL COLUMN::

088 Personal Column by Sergei Dedinski.

PHOTOREPORT::

068 Malaysia. Photoreport.

LAST PAGE::

144 Photo not including in issue

#02(32)2004

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:31:50 +0400

COUNTRY::

012 - Dominicana is the "prettiest land". Kirill Egorov. Historical review: From Hispaniola to Dominican Republic.

014 - Downworld or Dominican Caves. Ralf Kiefner. Both experienced cavedivers and beginners are able to dive the best caves of Dominicana.

026 - All Inclusive. Manifesto of Contradiction. Boris Filatov. Unbelievable adventures of Russians on Haiti island.

SEA SECRETS::

038 - Scapa Flow . Dreaming about Heavy Metal. Denis Davidov. Unique case in marine history: enormous amount of war-ships sunk in the small part of the sea, Scapa Flow Bay in June 1919.

EXPEDITION::

130 - BRITANNIC. The second sister. Kirill Egorov. Short and Tragic Fate of the Titanic junior sister – transatlantic liner Britannic.

136 - Unlocking the Secrets of Titanic's Forgotten Sister. Leigh Bishop. Underwater expedition enlightens mystery of the loss of the transatlantic liner Britannic, kept by the sea for 87 years.

TRAVELS::

060 - Shark Diving in the Country of Defeated Apartheid. Andrey Krapalin. One more meeting with Great White in South Africa.

068 - Croatian Tales. Marina Melnikova. Adriatic. Travel-information.

120 - Lucky Ticket to Pattaya. Tatiana Kanunnikova. Trip to Thailand is not a dream, but reality.

124 - Whale Shark Dance. Dmitri Rogozin, Vladimir Tochilov, Viktor Gladkovski, Irina Ermakova. How to behave close to the whale shark.

APRES-DIVE::

052 - Do you really like Maps? Alexander Berliant. History of Marine cartography, from the ancient Babylon maps till modern navigation maps.

102 - Cancers. Michael Goldreer. The art of catching and cooking of cancers.

PADI DIVING SOCIETY::

094 - PADI Diving Society Information

MEDICINE::

076 - In Water Recompression. Ann Kristovich. In water recompression techniques by doctor Ann Kristovich.

SEA TREASURES::

113 - The maestro of underwater archaeology. John Neuschwander. Robert Marx well known as the most successful treasure hunter and underwater archaeologist

#01(31)2004

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:31:23 +0400

COUNTRY::

012 Cuba is in my hеart! K. Egorov. A short history of Cuba — from Columbus to our days.

016 Diving on Cuba. T. Skidonenko. Impressions of underwater fotographer.

028 Country of the «cars from hell». B. Filatov. An unusual point of view on Cuba and diving on Cuba.

LIVE OCEAN::

134 The Tonga Honeymoon. Ralf Kiefner. Swimming with humpback whales — is there anything more fascinating and romantic in the whole world?

TRAVELS::

054 Four views of Philippines. P. Klichman, M. Yalova, A. Aristarkhov, V. Mikhailovskiy. The country of 7000 islands — a paradise for underwater fotographers!

102 Australia. A. Titov. Diving on a Pacific Ocean Coast of Australia.

092 Trip with «the Viking». P. Markelov. Description of a new luxurious safary boat — «The Viking of the East».

APNEA::

048 170 m with James Cameron. G. Risso. Pipin drives the No Limits world record as James Cameron films it for the new movie «The Dive». The new step in freediving: dive to 170 meters.

EQUIPMENT::

108 Age of Aqualung. A. Biziukin. The history of diving equipment development.

EXTENDED RANGE::

128 NEEMO — deep space. S. Murashkina. Diving or deep space explorations — what's the difference?

SEA SECRETS::

038 Diving the Titanic. A day to remember. K. Gurr. The breathtaking trip to the most famous shipwreck.

046 «The White Star Line». K. Egorov. A history of «The White Star Line» navigation company — the symbol of the Golden Age of Atlantic liners.

PORTFOLIO::

114 Gennady Gruzia: «I've made the foto of my dreams». S. Murashkina

MEDICINE::

112 - Vertigo of ascent. D. Holt. How to deal with one of the most common medical problems in recreational diving.

EXPEDITION::

066 - Filming «The Archangel Rafail» shipwreck. I.Galaida. Part of an underwater archaeological project «Secrets of sunken ships».

PADI DIVING SOCIETY::

081 - PADI Diving Society Information.

PHOTOREPORT::

070 - Oman: Fairy Tale of Eаst. Photoreport about Oman trip