Cristina Zenato: Turning Childhood Dreams Into a Career in Diving
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Meet PADI AmbassaDiver Cristina Zenato and discover how her childhood dream became a career in diving. Search Results for: learn to dive
Meet PADI AmbassaDiver Cristina Zenato and discover how her childhood dream became a career in diving. Spitsbergen Island: Mission Blue’s Newest Arctic Hope Spot
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About midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole lies Spitsbergen Island, the northernmost inhabited region of the planet, surrounded by the Norwegian Sea, the Greenland Sea, and the Arctic Ocean. The largest island in Norway’s Svalbard Archipelago, Spitsbergen covers an area of 15,075 square miles (39,044 square kilometers), nearly four times the size of […] Scuba Diving with Bull Sharks in Fiji
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Written by Shawn Mahoney of Beacons Films I’ve been diving for almost 15-years. But up until 18-months ago, I’d only filmed with Olympus or GoPros. As a kid, I dreamed of having a top-of-the-line Canon. At the end of 2016, I made it happen and early in 2017, I released my first short film about […] Enriched Air Nitrox: Why This Should Be Your Next Specialty
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The PADI Enriched Air Diver Specialty is the most popular specialty. Read our top reasons why this should be your next course. How Psychology can Enhance our Experience of Scuba Diving
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What makes us do what we do? Psychology is the study of behaviour; what people do and think. The underwater environment creates unique challenges for us, and this has a fascinating impact on our behaviour. As divers we can benefit from: Understanding how our brains work underwater Everything we do is organised by our brain […] Becoming a Marine Biologist with Imke Mayer
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Diving and marine biology go hand in hand, so we caught up with Imke Mayer, marine biologist in South Africa, to find out how diving has shaped her career… When did you know that you wanted to become a marine biologist? I knew that I wanted to be a marine biologist at the age of […] 