www.ivmag.org - 2006 year

#06(48)2006

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:50:25 +0300

ocean of events::

014 Ocean of events

124 Sea superstitions or the most dangerous job in the world. Elena Chuprova

148 GUE Conference. P.G.

152 Pioneer. Alexander Aristarkhov
Jubilee of A.Rogov

country::

020 Russian Arctic. History of developing? Svetlana Murashkina

034 The Arctic beneath. Svetlana Murashkina
Research diving in the Arctic and North Pole

054 Chasing baker's dozen. I.I. Rabinovitch
Expedition 2006 was successful, wreck “Tcheluskin” found

068 Permafrost beneath the sea. Mikhael Grigoriev

076 Tara-Arctic 2007-2008. Northern Sea Route – С'est la vie. Svetlana Murashkina

travels::

186 Caribbean Explorers. Kasey Canton
Dive and travel in the north-east Caribbean on board Caribbean Explorer II

portfolio::

164 «Underwater fantasies» invite to participate and emotionally share. Elena Kotelva
International festival of children’s creative work is 18 years old! Children’s drawings strike by its topics and techniques…

tek force::

090 Who the Hell is Nuno Gomes? Peter Venter

100 Big splash for the sake of safety. Denis Golosiy
About DAN’s experiment on Lago Maggiore

bottom ghosts::

082 Narvik campaign. Marcin Trzcinski
Story of Ju52 wreck on the ice of lake Hartvig

174 Yamashiro. Boris Koltsov, Elena Konstantinou
Sunken Japanese battleship today became one of great mysteries, that was not solved yet

extended range::

114 When we get back to the Moon. Svetlana Murashkina
Expedition NEEMO 10 - live.

alive element::

108 Shark week. To save and prevent from annihilation. Taras Skidonenko

masterclass::

158 Lesson #11. Taking pictures of wrecks. Kurt Amsler
Photo clinic by Kurt Amsler — master of u/w photography and leading European professional-methodologist

dive club::

128 To dive! Julia Golosiy
Interview with Evgenia Artemieva, the director of tourist department of “Alcona tour” company

apre-dive::

140 Kronos.
Myth’s effect on our life is dramatic, even we do not realize that

equipment::

134 Production – by my own eyes. Svetlana Murashkina
Visiting Aqua Lung France in April 2006

subscriber’s club::

144 Subscriber’s Club information

last page::

200 DEMA. Julia Golosiy

#05(47)2006

Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:11:47 +0400

ocean of events::

016 Ocean of events

090 Open water cat. Svetlana Murashkina
First dive made by a cat.

110 DEMA #30. Adams Unlimited – everything is ready. Svetlana Murashkina
Conversation just before the show.

country::

028 7,107 islands. Kirill Egorov
History of the islands is the history of conquests, struggle, partition of enormous wealth and wars…

038 Total dive. Kirill Egorov
When one comes here, he becomes so engaged in the rhythm of these islands, that time flies away insensibly

046 We are in Philippines! Svetlana Murashkina
The story about how dreams come true unexpectedly

054 Notes by no-tourist. Natalia Sturm
When you travel on Philippine islands you can learn about different ways of islanders life

064 Everybody has a dream. Natalia Bondarenko
My dream – to dive all the Philippines

068 WOW Philippines! Igor Murashkin
Interview in the Philippines Embassy in Russia

travels::

168 YAP. To dive on all of stone money. Svetlana Murashkina
Visiting Manta Ray Bay Hotel & Yap Divers.

portfolio::

150 Photosafari.ru
Photosafari.ru – it is a project, keen associates and amazing pictures

bottom ghosts::

070 «Fu Shan Hai». A Nordic Zenobia. Lars Kirkegaard
Danish techs dive Chinese bulk carrier sunken in the Baltic Sea.

unmask::

092 Pascal Lecocq: I have to paint. Svetlana Murashkina
What thinks and how lives painter Pascal Lecocq.

096 Passionately in love…Julia Golosiy
Jim Bowden – what he loves and is interested in.

sea library::

100 Sea wolf. Jack London
Open sea – this huge and willful element changes people whether they want it or not.

masterclass::

140 Lesson #10. Wide-angle photography technique. Kurt Amsler
Photo clinic by Kurt Amsler — master of u/w photography and leading European professional-methodologist.

après-dive::

084 Dogs for water. Olga Mishikha.
Do all dogs can swim and dive? Why and for what they do that?

equipment::

118 Icaro Tech. Alexey Zaitsev
Wings to fly in underwater dream

124 Legend Glasia. Private opinion.

130 Look at Halcyon. P.G.
About equipment, philosophy and everything connected…

134 Novelties Seacam 2006. Dmitri Rudakov

subscriber’s club::

115 Subscriber’s Club information

last page::

184 Some facts not fit in this issue

#04(46)2006

Fri, 04 Aug 2006 14:53:07 +0400

ocean of events::

012 Ocean of events

108 Russian Divers’ Fate. Vladimir Karpichev.
Devoted to the jubilee of the Diver’s School. Continuation.

country::

020 Cyprus. Aphrodite’s land. Kirill Egorov
The life at this island has always sparkled…

032 Cyprus. Sergey Guliaev
There are lots of things worth to see, both on land and underwater, besides Zenobia ferry – a popular dive-cite…

046 Zenobia roots. Dmitri Shutchenko
The sunken ferry Zenobia, well examined by divers, has still unexplored corners

travels::

058 What humpbacks sing about? Eugenia Feofanova
Humpback whales annually swim to Dominicana shores in order… to sing

066 Malta – it is not only “iron”. Svetlana Murashkina, Alexander Aristarkhov
Our June trip to Malta: wreck diving, cite-seeing, dive-center “Abyss” birthday

164 Wakatobi: Dream or Reality? William & Karin van de Wouw
If there exist somewhere “edge of the world”, attracting and amazing, it must be here, behind white sand of small islands

portfolio::

140 Alexander Ponomariov: man of water. Svetlana Murashkina
The art, the sea, the personality

bottom ghosts::

152 UMBRIA. Kirill Egorov
This beautiful wreck, pierced by sun beams, can open its secrets to devoted explorer

unmask::

086 Eugene Tomashov: Do not look into abyss eyes. Svetlana Murashkina
Approach towards diving, u/w shooting and life itself

cinema::

074 Deep sea. Julia Golosiy
One can dive in the ocean, look at tiger shark’s eyes, swim with jellyfishes without leaving Moscow, just watch amazing 3D IMAX film

sea library::

092 Alone in the ocean. Slava Kurilov
Without food and water, having only mask, snorkel and fins, he swam about 100 km to the shore, to his dream, to his freedom

masterclass::

129 Lesson #9. “Standard” equipment. Kurt Amsler
Photo clinic by Kurt Amsler — master of u/w photography and leading European professional-methodologist.

equipment::

100 Scandinavian “dried crust”. Alexander Aristarkhov
Si Tech dry gloves.

104 M-16. Alexander Kashunin
Mask TUSA special for blondes

subscriber’s club::

122 Subscriber’s Club information

last page::

176 During last minutes…

#3(44)2006

Sat, 17 Jun 2006 12:21:03 +0400

ocean of events::

006 Ocean of events

142 Russian Divers’ Fate. Vladimir Karpichev.
Devoted to the jubilee of the Diver’s School

148 Instructor #1. Alexander Aristarkhov
Val Darkin’s Jubilee

150 The story of Podvodnyi Club of the MSU and RUDIVE group. Dmitri Orlov

country::

014 Palau. Kirill Egorov
[i]How and why people came there – nobody knows, only recent history of these islands is known.

020 Palau – unpredictable island. Taras Skidonenko
Suddenness is very characteristic not only for weather in this region… but to everything on Palau islands. Only corals and wrecks are permanent, predictable and beautiful.

036 Palau – the Tale in the Pacific. Dmitri Orlov
Here there are diving for every taste and certification level – fish-watching, cave-diving, and wreck exploration.

travels::

042 Far East features. Evgenia Artemieva
Jeju is the island, where peculiarities of various climate zones are combined.

182 Diving at the Easter Island. Peter Hemming
One of the last left pristine coral ecosystems, not yet disturbed by man is here, at the mysterious Easter Island.

tek force::

058 Diving to 18 grand. George Irvine
High experienced divers made record-worth long penetration in u/w cave when exploring Wakulla Springs.

156 Lost Hero. Elena Konstantinou
Life and mysterious death of John Bennett still occupies people’s minds – what personality was he, what he dreamed of and tried to reach…

extended range::

050 One day in the Army. Ken Vosar
Weekdays of army divers

bottom ghosts::

074 Sh-212. Return. Philipp Yakimov
Complicated expedition to explore u-boat at Zmeinyi Island, that caused lots of argues for long time, is finished. We can already make some conclusions.

dive art::

174 Fiancee. Olga Vinikovetskaya.
Sea is photo studio, sea is decoration…

unmask::

090 Ice and Fire. Julia Golosiy, Kirill Egorov.
Myths and reality in the life of man and instructor Bob Sherwood.

094 Erkin Tuzmukhammedov: “My childhood was very hard”. Svetlana Murashkina.
Thoughts about connection between whisky and diving, and other important things.

sea library::

098 [b]Caverns Measureless to Man. Sheck Exley
Than, in the beginning of the 70-s, every deep dive was a challenge and experiment.

102 Mystery of two oceans. Grigiry Adamov
Small abstract from the fantastic book about Soviet u-boat cruise through two oceans.

masterclass::

[b]Lesson #8. Models underwater. Kurt Amsler
Photo clinic by Kurt Amsler — master of u/w photography and leading European professional-methodologist.

call the doctor::

136 Diver and diabetes – is it possible to exist together safely? Elena Vainilovitch

equipment::

106 Mr. Seacam – allowed to fly! Svetlana Murashkina
Futuristic u/w Seacam housings are not only functional but also aesthetic.

114 To Riviera – for knowledge. Svetlana Murashkina
Travel notes during the visit of Tetis company dealers to Aqua Lung and Technisub.

124 Legend Glacia. Alexander Kashunin
New word in the field of cold-water regulators.

subscriber’s club::

130 Subscriber’s Club information

last page::

192 [b]The picture not fit in this issue

#02(44)2006

Sat, 03 Jun 2006 19:40:14 +0400

ocean of events::

010 Ocean of events

014 Schedule of World Dive-Events-2006

080 High Flights Review. Svetlana Murashkina
The IV International Trade Show “Diving 2006” – summaries, opinions, impressions…

090 Shows pass by, people stay
Real coffee for all real inhabitants of virtual www.Tetis.ru

country::

022 It is also Russian Land… Kirill Egorov
This territory was integrated in the Russian Empire for only 126 years, but the most bright events in Alaska history are this way or another connected with Russia.

028 Underwater Beauties of “Russian America”. Juri Sigov
Though Alaska territory nowadays belongs to the US, echoes of Russian names and culture are still felt there. Underwater world is also worth seeing for devoted diver.

040 Kadiak. Evgenia Anishenko
Waters ashore Alaska keep secrets of many wrecks – dating back to Russian sailors mastering of Alaska, and also “Golden fever” time. History of one of the oldest wreck – Russian Sailing ship of the mid of XIX century.

050 Exploring South Central Alaska Underwater. Barb Roy
Alaska is full of amazing miracles both on land, and under water. One has only to visit…

travels::

056 The Hae-Nyeo Female Divers. Kurt Amsler
The women's faces are tanned by wind and salt water, and bear traces of their dangerous job, but their dark eyes are full of life.

064 “Frigate” on Volcano. Vitaly Nazimov
Treacherous underwater reef in Mozambique Straight caused death of many-many ships during centuries, and now it keeps its secrets with greediness of a miser.

portfolio::

146 Throwing patterns away. P.G.
To describe pictures – is ungrateful job, one has just to watch pictures, smiling or being delighted, or experiencing. Photos by Andrey Nekrasov, talented and very devoted u/w cameraman are worth going through.

alive element::

168 Freedom to Sea Turtles! Kurt Amsler
Year by year their population is decreasing. Year by year man eliminates enormous quantity of these unique animals. There is only one way to preserve their lives – not to stay indifferent.

bottom ghosts::

160 Uppland. Konstantin Shopotov.
During archaeological season 2005 “Pamiat Baltiki” expedition found, explored and identified Swedish 44-gun line frigate.

unmask::

068 Modest Charm of Nuno. Julia Golosiy.
Life maxims of Nuno Gomes

070 Everything amusing is retrospective... Svetlana Murashkina
Reflections about himself, the world and many things around, by Ivan Zatevakhin.

sea library::

126 Amphibia-man. Alexander Beliaev.
Is it fiction or true story? People invented lots of names for him: Sea Devil, Sea God, Ichtiander..

130 Homo delphinus. Jacques Mayol
When extending limits of man’s abilities, investigating his own body reactions, making record apnea dives, he dreamed about one thing – new human race, understanding and feeling the sea.

magazine::

074 UNTERWASSER. “I like what I do”. Svetlana Murashkina
Only devoted people are within editorial staff of German diving magazine UNTERWASSER.

apres-dive::

122 Small sea. Vladimir Liapin, Pavel Mashukov.
You don’t need to set great sea aquarium at home to enjoy beauties of coral reef.

masterclass::

134 Lesson #7. Fish Photo-sub. Kurt Amsler
Photo clinic by Kurt Amsler — master of u/w photography and leading European professional-methodologist.

call the doctor::

118 This can happen to everybody. Ben Reymenants
Complicated environment of decompression illnesses throws in new and new cases and mysteries, especially regarding common recreational dives.

equipment::

094 Domestic equipment. Andrey Shumeiko.
Devoted to those, thinking, that people in Russia began to dive in 1995. Or myths and legends about super reliable and simple scuba.

100 The frozen non-freezing regulator. Sergey Guliaev.
Field tests of various cold-water devices in winter conditions, and unexpected test results...

108 APEKS XTX. Kirill Egorov.
New line of APEX regulators, its features.

subscriber’s club::

110 Subscriber’s Club information

last page::

176 The picture not fit in this issue

#01(43)2006

Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:46:10 +0300

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::

184 The picture not fit in this issue