East Asia GUE Rec ITC 2012
Freediving Workshop for GUE Divers
The Moskva expedition
TDIF-GUE Conference in Israel
By Julia Golosiy
USS Atlanta Project
Discovery of Swedish wreck Mars
A group of divers, including Richard Lundgren and Jarrod Jablonski, have found what appears to be the Swedish war fleet flagship Mars, which sank in 1564 just north of Öland. The ship is built of solid oak and lies 75 meters deep.
Mars was one of the largest ships of its time, and the largest in the Baltic Sea, with 107 guns with a crew of 800 men.
In May 1564, led by Admiral Jacob Bagge, a group of 37 ships in the so-called First Battle of the Danish-Lübeck fleet that took place outside the northern tip of Öland. After two days of fighting Mars caught fire and exploded.
Identification of SS Hernodia
GUE divers Tomas Nilsson and Mattias Vendlgård completed a dive to indentify the wreck of the SS Hernodia on Friday the 12th of August at a depth of 120m in the Baltic Sea.
In 2009 the dive center at Åland in the Baltic Sea saw the wreck on their sidescan sonar and plans were made to identify the wreck. In 2010 all was ready to dive the wreck but the weather gods didn’t approve; the winds were to strong and the sea to rough, but this year the weather cooperated.Update: Alviela Cave System
SPE (Sociedade Portuguesa de Espeleologia) and the Alviela Team were back in action in June to continue the exploration of the Alviela Cave System in Portugal. The objective was to explore leads on the H tunnel previously explored by Martin Burgui and Pascal Moulin in 2009/2010. After spending two dives fixing the line to the start of the chimney in H tunnel that takes us to the exploration line, a first exploration dive was made by Wladimir Blanco and Chema (Jose Maria Jover Balcazar).Class report: Rec 3 in Croatia
Richard Groot, Patrick Kalshoven and Frank Thorborg take a GUE Rec 3 trimix course in Croatia
It is appealing, wreck diving, whether in the North Sea, in tropical waters, or 'somewhere in between.' This was reason enough for us to take a course that would get us closer to that goal. Upon enlisting for the GUE Rec Level 3 Trimix course our instructor, JP Bresser, gave us the option of taking the class in Croatia. This qualifies as 'somewhere in between,' but is primarily known to us for the beautiful wrecks.
