Paul Smith’s students learn about ecotourism first-hand in Costa Ric
PAUL SMITHS — It’s a January night in the Costa Rican jungle as group of students winds its way along a dirt path, the exposed parts of their feet and ankles just inches from a fer-de-lance viper, breath baited as howler monkeys protest from the dense jungle canopy overhead the students’ intrusion.
Divers stranded after UAE dive boat left them behind (Cyber Diver News
FUJAIRAH, UAE (24 June 2007) -- A group of divers on a scuba expedition in Dibba, Fujairah, were left reeling yesterday after surfacing from a 30-metre wreck-dive to discover their boat had left without them.
Kosrae's Underwater World Transports Divers to New Depths (PR Newswire
Diving in the unspoiled waters that surround the Micronesian island of Kosrae is a bona fide boomtown for scuba enthusiasts. With visibility to 200 feet, Kosrae's waters are home to more than 172 species of hard corals -- believed to be 2,000 years old in some areas -- and 13 species of soft corals, 550 species of fish, a giant clam farm and abundant marine life.
Two scuba divers rescued after four hours drifting at sea (Cyber Diver
GRAFTON, Australia (23 Dec 2006) -- Two scuba divers have been found after drifting at sea for four hours off the north coast of New South Wales.
Kiwi to take part in race to South Pole (The New Zealand Herald)
OSLO - New Zealand's Ross Maxwell is among those prepared to risk frostbite and hundreds of miles of icy crevasses in a new international race to the South Pole nearly a century after Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen beat Britain's Robert Scott to reach it.