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Nov 13
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Rosemary Lunn Takes on Rebreather Diving

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Women Underwater reached out to dive professional Rosemary Lunn of The Underwater Marketing Company to ask about challenges in learning how to dive a new rebreather. She offers some personal experiences and candid advice for others who want to take the plunge. Rosemary Lunn: My greatest challenge with equipment has got to be with rebreathers. I seem to be fortunate to be in the right place at the right time on many occasions when it came to rebreathers. I have a definate love / hate relationship with this piece of kit. My first rebreather dive was in Stoney Cove in 1996 on…

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Oct 01
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Boom Baby Boom – Volume One

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I’m so proud to announce that my husband Robert McClellan has released his first book. It has been a real journey of discovery for him. I recall the day almost eight years ago, when he expressed the desire to share his story. The revelations he shares in Boom Baby Boom represent a lifetime of challenge, discovery and hard knocks. We’ve been married for seven years and he has been an incredible asset to Heinerth Productions as a writer, producer and talented audio engineer. We’re both explorers in life, but his unique social perspective was formed on the working class streets of Philadelphia,…

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Jun 06
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Catching a Lift

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DSMB Skills for Rebreather Diving Have you practiced using your Delayed Surface Marker Buoy (DSMB) recently, or is it stashed rotting in a pack attached to your backplate? Some divers use these devices every single time they go diving, but others are most accustomed to descending and ascending on an anchor line.  You owe it to yourself to ensure that you are well practiced in launching a lift bag in case you need it. Sometimes DSMBs are a routine part of a drift diver while other times, they are only used by divers who have become separated from the boat….

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May 15
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Sedna Expedition Preparing to Launch

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Swimming the Northwest Passage  In July 2016, a team of ten passionate women will embark upon an epic three-month journey, snorkeling through frigid Arctic seas from Pond Inlet, Nunavut, to Inuvik, Northwest Territories. Supported by a mother ship equipped with two rigid hull boats, the snorkelers will scout, document and record the impacts of global warming on this fragile arctic ecosystem and on the aboriginal peoples’ traditional ways of life. Tried, tested and blue  But before tackling the 100-day Northwest Passage Snorkel Relay in 2016, the Team will mount a 15-day, action-packed proof-of-concept expedition in July 2014. Traveling aboard the…

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Feb 15
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Team Sedna Solidifies Plans for 2014

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  MV Cape Race to Support Team Sedna Before tackling the 100-day Northwest Passage Snorkel Relay during the summer of 2016, Team Sedna will mount an 15-day, action-packed expedition in July 2014. Traveling aboard the 116-foot MV Cape Race, along the Labrador coast to Baffin Island and across the Davis Strait to Western Greenland, the sea women will conduct team-building exercises, perform oceanographic studies, deliver educational outreach in Inuit communities and broadcast their findings to the world. Further, they’ll demonstrate that snorkelers—using diver propulsion vehicles—can successfully ‘go the distance’ through ice-infested arctic waters.

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Feb 02
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Cleaning Contacts

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Cleaning Low Current Electrical Contacts Always use cleaners specifically designed for the precious metal contacts used in low current applications found in high-tech electronics. The low current makes the contacts exceptionally sensitive to contamination yet their ultra thin precious metal plating is easy to damage during cleaning. Never use the cleaners commonly associated with SCUBA maintenance. Many such cleaners contain solvents that are polar and also may leave residues, making them a potential problem in low current applications. This is also true of many household products such as rubbing alcohol. Never use ordinary ‘tuner cleaner’ products for cleaning precious metal…

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Jan 15
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Lessons from the Air France Disaster

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What We Can Learn From Air France Flight 447 On the evening of May 31, 2009, 216 passengers and 12 crew members aboard Air France flight 447 disappeared into the South Atlantic. For almost two years, the mystery remained, until the back boxes were plucked from the sea floor nearly two miles deep, revealing that it was not poor weather conditions that brought down the plane, it was simple human error. In an age of such advanced technology, how could human error override a perfectly functioning airplane? Under pressure, human beings can lose their ability to think clearly and to…

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Jan 08
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Outside Magazine

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OUTSIDE ONLINE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2012 My Perfect Adventure: Jill Heinerth The world’s top female underwater explorer, whose ideal day would be spent below sea level, tells us what it’s like to skirt death for a living, why she reveres Ernest Shackleton, and that Libya’s on her bucket list By: AVITAL ANDREWS READ MORE HERE.

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