The Confederation Bridge is a box girder bridge that carries the Trans-Canada Highway across the Northumberland Strait’s Abegweit Passage, connecting…
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Kathy Dowsett
Kathy is the owner of Kirk Scuba Gear, a passionate Scuba Diver, Ocean Advocate and Managing Editor of The Scuba News Canada
Frozen Planet II is presented by the BBC Studios Natural History Unit. The Arctic, Antarctica, Tundra, Boreal Forest, and High…
The “Ocean is Calling” by Ashley Bugge is now available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target, Walmart, and…
There is something super satisfying about a silt explosion underwater. We’ll be showcasing Chris’s videos in collaboration with The Scuba…
The 100th anniversary of the loss of the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Raleigh on August 8, 1922 was held at…
So you think you did everything correctly for a dive weekend? You get up on Saturday morning excited to begin…
The city of Detroit, Michigan, was founded in 1701, and the river outside its door has been a dumping ground…
Zavikon Island is either the larger or a pair of islands in the Thousand Islands archipelago on the St. Lawrence…
Saltwater Sean was completely taken aback by his latest bottle discovery. This is a genuine piece of maritime history, and…
Peter B. Bennett passed away this week at the age of 91. Peter B. Bennett (born June 12, 1931) was…
The capelin is a small smelt-like forage fish found in the North Atlantic, North Pacific, and Arctic oceans. In the…
Jill Heinerth is excited to return to New York this October 2022 for the WINGS WorldQuest Women of Discovery Awards…
Thirteen Lives is now available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Despite its length of 2 1/2 hours, this film…
Garrett Clement has returned to Vancouver Island after spending a year exploring Newfoundland and the East Coast of Canada. Tyee…
In this breathtaking feature-length documentary from 1982, oceanographer Jacques Cousteau and an NFB crew sail up the St. Lawrence River…
Registration is open for the 2022 Great Lakes Public Forum, which will take place in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada on September 27-29,…
Matt McCarty’s sole purpose in travelling 5,000 miles to Newfoundland is to lay to rest the ghosts of his past,…
The Trifecta is back on the schedule! Friday, August 5th Divers Den is heading north. Visit 3 amazing dive sites…
The Cedarville is a wreck that sank in 1965 in about 110 feet of water in Mackinaw Straits. Because the…
Miss Supertest III was a Canadian-designed and constructed hydroplane boat that won the Detroit Memorial Regatta in 1959 and the…
The Atlantic Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The museum is a member institution…
Please exercise caution. If you’re planning a summer get-a-away trip to Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia, in the coming days, be…
Ironbound has arrived at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia! This mature male white shark was tagged off the coast of Nova…
WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. The 2022 College of Fellows Annual Dinner will be held in-person at the Canadian War…
Pop the popcorn and enjoy your favourite beverage…..Shark Week is coming to Discovery and Discovery+(stream) on July 24, 2022. This…
“Now you see it, now you don’t!” A Toronto teen has issued a warning after discovering garbage mounds while diving…
Most of the wooden boat builders we have explored so far in this series developed and enjoyed national or even…
Located on the waterfront in Gananoque, Ontario, The Thousand Islands Boat Museum (TIBM) is a hands-on Museum where history becomes…
The SS Senator was a steel-hulled Great Lakes freighter that sank on Lake Michigan on Halloween, 1929, with the loss…
Julia Barnes is an award winning Canadian documentary filmmaker. She is the director of Sea of Life and Bright Green…
Many books on scuba diving have been published over the course of time, almost since the beginning of the scuba…
The SS Badger is a passenger and vehicle ferry that has been operating on Lake Michigan since 1953. Currently, the…
Where does he even begin? Saltwater Sean, most recently, discovered a stoneware ginger beer from Sussex, New Brunswick in the…
“It’s a wonderful thing in science when you have that serendipity moment where you actually see that something is happening…
Carly Brenner Hunter, an underwater specialist, is interviewed in this episode of Film Chats. Carly has spent her entire life…
Many Nova Scotia ship wrecks were banking schooners. During exceptionally stormy weather conditions, it was not uncommon for these sail-powered…
Anyone interested in decompression theory, especially technical dives, should acquire this book. Mark Powell is a well-known technical diving instructor…
According to many shipwreck historians, the Titanic is still the deadliest peacetime sinking of a superliner or cruise ship. The…
Fishermen on Canada’s east coast believe the European Green Crab species is here to stay. They’ve been watching the situation…
The St. Peters Harbour Lighthouse is a 10.4-metre square, tapered wooden tower with a superimposed gallery and an unusual hexagonal…
Hold your breath! Kirk Krack is coming to Troia to talk about freediving and his involvement with the movie Avatar…
Scuba Matt invites you to join him on an underwater adventure to meet and learn about sea animals, marine life,…
Scuba Services. Underwater Video. Scuba Training Jeremy MacDonald has lived in the North for nine years and has extensive scuba diving…
SharkFest will premiere on National Geographic television on Sunday, July 10 for four weeks. To commemorate SharkFest’s tenth anniversary, the…
The announcer calls out again: — Alenka Artnik— Slovenia— 118 meters (1270 feet)— World record attempt On a third-floor balcony,…