The two cogs, named Varbergskoggen 1 and Varbergskoggen 2, were found at the former shoreline next to Varberg's medieval predecessor Getakärr. During the Middle Ages, Getakärr was a town in northern Halland, located immediately north of the current centre of Varberg, which is a city on the western coast of Sweden.
The event in 2022 marked the first time that the Underwater Tour Awards partnered with environmental education and action organisation Take 3, introducing a new category for novices called, The Take 3 for the Sea Contest. Proceeds from the contest registration fees and additional donations were given to Take 3.
There is a huge potential for wreck photogrammetry in Kavieng and the neighbouring large island of New Hanover in Papua New Guinea, for it is here that one can find several notable wrecks of WWII aircraft. Don Silcock shares his experience working with technical expert Sean Twomey in an initiative to capture photogrammetry imagery of the wrecks before they succumb to the ravages of time and eventually disappear.
The liability requirement was included in the recently passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Lawmakers had been led to believe that Section 11503 of the NDAA was simply a “fix for the families who lost loved ones” in the tragic Conception Dive Boat fire of 2019, DEMA writes.
But the new law goes far beyond one tragedy—it lines the pockets of trial lawyers and does nothing to make sure dive boats are operating safely.
