Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
Fish Rock Cave Dive, New South Wales, Australia
Mike Wells took 2'48" to freedive the famous underwater tunnel!
The Sunday Times
Mike Wells, 39, swam 395ft (120 metres) through Fish Rock Cave, a pitch-black ocean chamber in only two minutes and 40 seconds. It was the longest underwater cave swim as well as the first time that Fish Rock Cave had been freedived. The veteran of 19 years made it through the cave, 85ft below the surface, on his third attempt after cramp forced him to abandon the first two tries. He narrowly averted disaster on his final dive when his monofin became trapped in a narrow crevice. His son Jeremy, a member of the support team, freed him.
The Sunday Times
Mike Wells, 39, swam 395ft (120 metres) through Fish Rock Cave, a pitch-black ocean chamber in only two minutes and 40 seconds. It was the longest underwater cave swim as well as the first time that Fish Rock Cave had been freedived. The veteran of 19 years made it through the cave, 85ft below the surface, on his third attempt after cramp forced him to abandon the first two tries. He narrowly averted disaster on his final dive when his monofin became trapped in a narrow crevice. His son Jeremy, a member of the support team, freed him.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Maine Diver Videos Close Encounter With Shark - News Story - WMTW Portland
Maine Diver Videos Close Encounter With Shark - News Story - WMTW Portland
EASTPORT, Maine -- A diver off the coast of Maine had an incredibly close encounter with a shark over the weekend. Scott MacNichol, of Perry, was diving off Eastport Saturday when the porbeagle shark came right up to him and took a bite of his camera. MacNichol wasn't hurt and actually dove in the same spot again on Tuesday. The shark was about eight feet long and weighed about 300 pounds. Officials said the creature was likely not going after MacNichol, rather his camera, mistaking it for a fish. The video at the top of this story was provided by MER Assessment Corp. and Cooke Aquaculture.
EASTPORT, Maine -- A diver off the coast of Maine had an incredibly close encounter with a shark over the weekend. Scott MacNichol, of Perry, was diving off Eastport Saturday when the porbeagle shark came right up to him and took a bite of his camera. MacNichol wasn't hurt and actually dove in the same spot again on Tuesday. The shark was about eight feet long and weighed about 300 pounds. Officials said the creature was likely not going after MacNichol, rather his camera, mistaking it for a fish. The video at the top of this story was provided by MER Assessment Corp. and Cooke Aquaculture.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Paul The Octopus
NPR News, October 26, 2010
Paul the Octopus, the tentacled tipster who fascinated football fans by correctly predicting results at this year's World Cup, died Tuesday. Paul had reached the octopus old age of 2½ years and died in his tank on Tuesday morning in an aquarium in the western German city of Oberhausen, spokeswoman Ariane Vieregge said. Paul seemed to be in good shape when he was checked late Monday, but he did not make it through the night. He died of natural causes, Vieregge added. After rising to global prominence during the World Cup in South Africa in June and July, Paul retired from the predictions business after the final between Spain and the Netherlands - the result of which he also forecast correctly - and returned to his prime role of making children happy.
Paul the Octopus, the tentacled tipster who fascinated football fans by correctly predicting results at this year's World Cup, died Tuesday. Paul had reached the octopus old age of 2½ years and died in his tank on Tuesday morning in an aquarium in the western German city of Oberhausen, spokeswoman Ariane Vieregge said. Paul seemed to be in good shape when he was checked late Monday, but he did not make it through the night. He died of natural causes, Vieregge added. After rising to global prominence during the World Cup in South Africa in June and July, Paul retired from the predictions business after the final between Spain and the Netherlands - the result of which he also forecast correctly - and returned to his prime role of making children happy.
Monday, October 25, 2010
UCSB Student Dies From Shark Attack
Read the News from ABC and CBS on our Shark News From October!
UCSB Student Dies From Shark Attack:
NPR Story:
ABC News Reports:
KEY News:
Vandenberg/Lompoc - Federal and State Fish and Game officials are working to identify the type of shark which attacked and killed a local student off Surf Beach near Vandenberg Air Force Base. The shark was described as being 14 to 20 feet in length. Experts should be able to determine by the bite marks on the "boogie board", and the victim, are that of a Great White or another type of shark. So far they have not made any announcement. Meantime, beaches in the area remain closed this weekend. 19-year-old Lucas Ransom, a UCSB student, died Friday morning when the shark bit off his leg while he paddled some 100 feet from shore. The massive wound caused him to bleed to death. - KEY News
UCSB Student Dies From Shark Attack:
NPR Story:
ABC News Reports:
KEY News:
Vandenberg/Lompoc - Federal and State Fish and Game officials are working to identify the type of shark which attacked and killed a local student off Surf Beach near Vandenberg Air Force Base. The shark was described as being 14 to 20 feet in length. Experts should be able to determine by the bite marks on the "boogie board", and the victim, are that of a Great White or another type of shark. So far they have not made any announcement. Meantime, beaches in the area remain closed this weekend. 19-year-old Lucas Ransom, a UCSB student, died Friday morning when the shark bit off his leg while he paddled some 100 feet from shore. The massive wound caused him to bleed to death. - KEY News
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