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DAN Europe launches tour focused on sustainability

3 years ago By Chief minion

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With much of the tourism and sports industries stuck due to lockdowns all around Europe, some may think now it's not the best moment to launch a tour. However, ocean protection has long been overdue, and there's no time to lose.

Plans for the initiative were developed during the pandemic. The tour will have two passionate scuba divers and DAN Europe Ambassadors, Manu Bustelo and Alana Alvarez, travel some 11.500 km across Europe on an electric vehicle.

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Why marine creatures swim in circles

3 years ago By Catherine GS Lim

Thanks for advancements in tracking technologies, scientists have discovered an intriguing behavioural trait amongst some marine species: They sometimes swim in circles.

When studying the navigational abilities of sea turtles, Tomoko Narazaki, a marine researcher at the University of Tokyo, observed that the turtles in her study would swim in circles so constantly “just like a machine.”

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Apeks 90L Roller Bag

3 years ago By Rosemary E Lunn

A year on from the first Coronavirus lockdown, we are all desperate to travel and explore the underwater world again.

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SS Turkia & Other Gulf of Suez Wrecks

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Rudolf Gonda

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Rudolf Gonda

Diver explores compartments and cargo holds of the SS Turkia. Photo by Rudolf Gonda.

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Everybody knows the legendary wrecks of the Egyptian Red Sea from the Thistlegorm to the Salem Express. But there are stories of rarely dived remains of ships that rest in the shallow waters up north in the Gulf of Suez.