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Scuba
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“The blue planet, a natural history of the
oceans”, narrated by David Attenborough. DVD, video. (also as book.)
5
episodes plus two extra documentaries on three disks, 488 minutes (more
then 6 hours!).
It took
about 5 years to make this incredible beautiful documentary. Episode one
explains about the ocean itself, such as its currents. Each next episode focuses on a different
habitat such as the coral reef, the open seas, the deep seas. The extra
episodes are “the making of”, and “deep trouble” featuring some of the
modern threats the oceans are facing.
This
documentary gives a good understanding
and insight in the sea, which has practical value while snorkeling.
Review
BBC website
Blue Planet
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“freedive!” by Terry Maas
Especially
the “physiology” chapters are worth reading. At the end is a chapter about
spear fishing (@$#%!!), and depth records.
The son
of the author died during free diving. Deaths and accidents are not
uncommon amongst experienced free divers, due to the great depths and very
long underwater time, creating the risk of a “black out” while surfacing.
Thus, “physiology” focuses on the why and how of “black out”.
Review
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“asia pacific reef guide” by Helmut
Debelius
a hard cover
reef guide with beautiful photos and useful information about the various
animals (fish, worms, snails, mammals, etc) on the coral reef. Debelius
wrote more reef ad fish guides, all are excellent, and unrivalled in text
and photos.
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“gevaarlijke
zeedieren” by John Serton and Jos Groenen
a
practical book about all poisonous and “dangerous” sea animals. How to
recognize them, prevent accidents, and first aid.
Only
available in dutch language.
“venomous
& toxic marine life in the world” by Cunningham and Goetz., deals with
the same subject, in English.
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“ocean warrior” by Paul Watson
who is
out there truly defending the
whales and other marine life? Paul Watson and his crew ! Read all about
some of the actions of Paul Watson and the “Sea Shepherd” crew, such as the
ramming of the Sierra, an illegal whaling boat responsible for illegally
killing thousands of whales.
Currently,
one of the boats of the Sea Shepherd fleet, the Sirenian, is helping the
National Park rangers from the Galapagos Islands stopping the illegal
(shark) fishing boats.
Other
boats are involved in other programs.
Sea Shepherd
Sea Shepherd Europe
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“trucs op het rif” by Peter Nahke,
dutch language.
translated
from german; ‘Tricks im Riff”.
Great
book about behaviour on the reef such as the symbioses between various
animals, chemical defense, camouflage. After reading this, you will know
more what is going on at the reef.
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