Scuba Diver Magazine Mark Newman

This week on the podcast, a monk seal has been exiled to keep them away from divers, the shipwreck of Shackleton’s final ship has been found and various other news stories over the previous week or twohttps://www.scubadivermag.com/monk-seal-exiled-to-remote-island-to-protect-divers/https://www.scubadivermag.com/royal-canadian-geographical-society-finds-wreck-of-shackletons-last-ship-quest/https://www.scubadivermag.com/reel-diving-uk-takes-over-divemaster-scuba/https://www.scubadivermag.com/oc...

This week on the podcast, the underwater photography world mourns the loss of one of the greats who wrote the book on underwater photography. The family of a 13-year-old diver who was lost at sea is suing the resort over the death. And a diver has died taking part in a lake cleanup but, reports are unclear on his qualificationshttps://www.scubadivermag.com/underwater-photography-world-mourns-renowned-uwp-guru-martin-edge/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/13-year-old-divers-parents...

This week, it looks like DPV manufacturer ScubaJet has begun insolvency proceedings. PADI has distributed half a million dollars in their Project Aware campaign. Dorset coastguard have called off the search for a missing diver. And the Pearl Fleet has commented on a viral video of a shark-dive that didn’t go so wellhttps://taucher.net/diveinside-insolvency_proceedings_at_scubajet-kaz9246https://divernet.com/scuba-news/conservation/padi-aware-distributes-500k-in-mission-hub-grants/https://www....

This week, Saudi Arabia is looking to buy Sharm El Sheikh, a man has been fined for attempting to jump on a killer whale in a video online and a few other worrying videos are popping up on social mediahttps://divemagazine.com/scuba-diving-news/saudi-arabia-offers-to-buy-part-of-sharm-el-sheikh-from-egypthttps://www.scubadivermag.com/get-the-kettle-on-join-bite-backs-big-brew-for-the-blue/https://www.scubadivermag.com/orca-body-slammer-fined-for-stupid-behaviour/https://www.scuba.com/p-atmb2xd...

This week, tickets for our digital screening of Diving Into the Darkness are available, A British scuba diver who saved her twin sister’s life in Mexico by repeatedly punching an aggressive crocodile three years ago has been awarded the King’s Gallantry Medal. An Australian stripper is facing prison for diving for cocaine that Police had already confiscated and Shearwater release an air-integrated version of their Peregrine computer.https://www.scubadivermag.com/join-special-virtual-screening...

This week, we have the account of one of the divers on board the Sea Safari VII fire that contradicts the official timeline. The captain of the conception liveabord has been sentenced to four years in jail after his appeal failed. There’s a new subscription-based training agency out there that’s turning some heads and according to training numbers, more and more women are qualifying than ever before.https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/blazing-dive-boat-evacuation-chaotic-say-uk-dive...