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Diving

Best Article Sports

Rapture of the Deep

Carried away by love—for risk and for each other—two of the world’s best freedivers went to the limits of their sport. Only one came back.

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Gary Smith Sports Illustrated Jun 2003 35min Permalink

Sports

A Boat Fire Killed 34 People, and We May Never Know Why

Investigating one of the deadliest maritime disasters in U.S. history.

Kathryn Miles Outside Feb 2020 20min Permalink

Science

Into The Dark

The inside story of an improbable team of divers, a near-impossible plan and the rescue of 12 boys from a Thai cave.

Shannon Gormley Maclean's Jan 2019 50min Permalink

The Weird, Dangerous, Isolated Life of the Saturation Diver

One of the world’s most hazardous jobs is known for its intense pressure.

Jen Banbury Atlas Obscura May 2018 20min Permalink

Best Article

Everest at the Bottom of the Sea

In 1956, an ocean liner named the Andrea Doria sank off the coast of Cape Cod. Half a century later, deep-sea divers—the author included—were still risking their lives to explore it.

Bucky McMahon Esquire Jul 2000 35min Permalink

Best Article

Raising the Dead

When deep sea diver Dave Shaw reached the bottom of Bushman’s Hole, he discovered the body of Deon Dreyer. Though Dreyer had been gone for 10 years, Shaw was determined to bring him back.

Tim Zimmermann Outside Aug 2005 40min Permalink

When a diver goes missing, a deep cave is scene of a deeper mystery

You’re not supposed to just vanish at Vortex Spring. Dive too deep and you might not make it back to the surface, but a search party will eventually find your body. Nobody has found Ben McDaniel yet.

Ben Montgomery The St. Petersburg Times Apr 2011 15min Permalink