STORIES
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Q&A with Underwater Cinematographer – Carly Hunter
Carly Brenner Hunter is an Underwater Specialist from Toronto, Canada and runs a company specializing in consulting, crewing, shooting, safety and rentals for underwater filming. How did you combine your passion for the water and camera? I started off in the camera department, straight out of film school at 21 years old. We have a camera
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Q&A with Marine Science Teacher – Anna Ortega
Anna Ortega was born in the USA but spends her summers as a marine science teacher at SeaTrek BVI, a summer camp in the British Virgin Islands. For the rest of the year, she is a graduate student at the University of Western Australia where she is part of a collaboration to save the Eastern
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Q&A with Mark Caney – Leading Expert in Scuba Training and Standards
Mark Caney is truly a leading expert in the diving industries. Some career highlights include being a Vice President of Training & Customer Services with PADI, three times President of the European Underwater Federation, twice President of the Rebreather Training Council, and he continues to hold senior positions in the World Recreational Scuba Training Council. He is now the
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Q&A with a Female Tech Cave Diver
Miranda Bowman is a PADI and SSI instructor and a TDI Full Cave Diver. Her passion for diving stems from her love of sharks and a fascination with underwater cave systems. She is currently based in Malta and has worked previously in Mexico. Please tell us about yourself. I was born and raised in Toronto,
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Q&A with a Marine Citizen Scientist
We meet Kathlyn Tan, scuba diver, freediver, conservationist, and Project AWARE ambassador. She co-founded Coastal Natives in Singapore, a community dedicated to ocean education and conservation through public events, classroom presentations, and film screenings. She is also a citizen scientist working closely on recording and collecting marine debris. What is a Citizen Scientist? Citizen science
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Learn How to Increase Your Breath-Hold with Freedive Coach Tom Peled
Tom Peled has been diving since 1989 as a dive instructor, commercial diver, and now a freediving breath-hold coach. He specializes in breath and body work for stress anxiety and trauma and has worked with injured veterans. His extensive diving experience extended to training Navy Seals and airforce rescue units in Israel. Tell us about
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Q&A – Marine and Diving Coordinator in Film & TV
Bolívar Sánchez was born in the USA, and raised in the Dominican Republic where he lives and works (most of the time). He is currently a Marine and Diving Coordinator and has worked in television and film for the past six years. Some of his notable works include; Caught, The Mummy, and 47 Meters Down.
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Q&A with a Public Safety Diver
David Barile is a Public Safety Diver and a Deputy Sheriff in California, USA. One of his main duties includes coordinating underwater search and recoveries. Here he talks about his duties as a PSD and how he entered the industry. Tell us about your current role. My current job title is Deputy Sheriff. I was
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Q&A with a Marine Biologist / Researcher
We chat to Ioannis Savva, a marine biologist from Cyprus currently working as a Junior Marine Researcher/Biologist in the Marine and Environmental Research (MER) Lab. He is an avid scuba diver with a passion for the marine environment. What is a marine biologist? A marine biologist is basically a biologist who is specialized in the
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Q&A with a PADI Course Director
Marcel van den Berg is a PADI Platinum Course Director who resides and teaches in Koh Tao, Thailand. He left The Netherlands to become a scuba diving instructor. As a Course Director, he now teaches professional divers to become scuba instructors. How did you get into the diving industry? It all started in 2003 when