I hadn’t envisaged myself as a diving historian when I enrt search for the first victims of decompression sickness for the book Between...

THERE was a time, way back when, that scuba diving was cool. Not the 'cool' us divers make believe it is today. Rather, a genuine Steve...

FROM the beginning of our scuba diving journey we are taught about the sport's forefathers whose early efforts defined decompression...

Sometimes, even the most fascinating of true stories have to be cut from the book for pacing. Rather than lose them to the edit, I've...

Long technical dives in cold waters presents numerous challenges, including how to relieve oneself. Trying to solve that challenge can...

DO you fancy a citrus tinged lionfish ceviche? Or what about lionfish Escabeche, Cayman-style, with roasted tomato, pickled vegetables,...

On the final day of the research trip to Russia I got to see Dr. Gennady Sokolov in action and also met the man at the heart of the...

After spending so long looking at plans, photographs and video of the lake while conducting research for Between the Devil and the Deep,...

“Martin, Martin. Mark, Mark. Eat, eat!” Eduard Khuazhev, our host in Nalchik, beckoned us inside. Peeling our eyes from Blue Lake, we...

The whiff of what can only be described as rotten eggs wafted through the driver's open window and into the back of the van where we were...

Interpreting is hard work. My wife used to do it for work and it takes a level of concentration and ability to shift seamlessly between...

In Russia to research my book Between the Devil and the Deep I met Dr. Gennady Mikhailovich Sokolov, a legend in the country's diving...

Truk Lagoon is arguably the world's premier wreck diving location where the history of a dark chapter of World War II is hidden just...