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Diving Deeper: The Positive Impacts of Underwater Submersibles The vast expanse of the ocean, covering over 70% of our planet, remains largely unexplored. This underwater world holds a multitude of secrets, from diverse marine life to hidden resources and shipwrecks. Traditionally, venturing into these depths was fraught with danger and limitations. However, the development of underwater submersibles has revolutionized our ability to interact with and learn from the ocean, leading to a multitude of positive impacts. Unveiling the Ocean’s Secrets:…

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 Unveiling the Mysteries of Deep Sea Diving The vast abyss of the ocean holds secrets yet to be unveiled, its depths shrouded in darkness and teeming with unknown life forms. While commercial divers have traditionally operated closer to the surface, the future beckons with a thrilling challenge: venturing into the uncharted territory of the deep sea. This unexplored frontier presents not only immense logistical hurdles but also the potential to rewrite our understanding of our planet and its verborgen wonders….

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Slowly and meticulously in an undramatic fashion, the commercial diver gets ready to enter the watery realm.

While on a dive job at a nuclear plant in the Chicago-land area years ago the lead diver told me that this profession is anything but glamorous. He went on to say that the dive schools will lure you in with stories of travel, hordes of money and the benefits of not working a 9 to 5 job. There were also the divers who romanticized the industry with tales of all the aforementioned attributes while conveniently leaving out the mostly…

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Do you remember the flood myth from the epic Gilgamesh? Or how about the Great Dayton Flood of 1913? The memories of  most people are short indeed.

Being a commercial diver is hard enough on the ole’ pocket book as it is, so one must ask; Are you ready for the next recession? As a matter of fact, top economists that were surveyed are expecting one at the end of 2019 or in the first quarter of 2020. Make no mistake, the next recession is coming. The degree of which however is uncertain but whether it is mild or severe everyone should be prepared in order to…

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The dive industry is cutthroat at best. There is no other way to describe it other than competitive and that would be an understatement. It seems much of the blame can be given to the dive companies and perhaps the dive schools that continue to pump out hundreds, maybe thousands, of newly certified divers per year. Unfortunately there is no easy solution for keeping the employment rate high and wages competitive for the working diver without creating a whole new…

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