William Walker MVO (1869–1918) was an English diver famous for shoring up the southern and eastern sides of Winchester Cathedral. He was born William...
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William Walker, 1st Baron Wavertree (1856–1933), British businessman, art collector, and racehorse breeder William Walker (diver) (1869–1918), diver who saved...
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Paul William Walker IV (September 12, 1973 – November 30, 2013) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Brian O'Conner in the Fast & Furious...
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writer Matthew Graham). Also in 2003, Walker played Molly Millions in the BBC Radio adaptation of Neuromancer by William Gibson. In 2003, with the production...
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Rick Stanton (redirect from Richard Stanton (cave diver))
Richard William Stanton, MBE, GM (born 1961) is a British civilian cave diver who specialises in rescues through the Cave Rescue Organisation and the...
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Professional diving (redirect from Sewage diver)
and codes of practice as it is an inherently hazardous occupation and the diver works as a member of a team. Due to the dangerous nature of some professional...
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Diver training is the set of processes through which a person learns the necessary and desirable skills to safely dive underwater within the scope of...
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Rescue Diver is a scuba diving certification level provided by several diver training agencies, such as PADI, SSI, SDI, and NAUI, which emphasises emergency...
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Scuba diving (redirect from Scuba diver)
cylinders containing breathing gas at high pressure which is supplied to the diver at ambient pressure through a diving regulator. They may include additional...
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Finland: Diver Mikko Paasi assisted with the rescue efforts. France: Diver Maksym Polejaka assisted with the rescue efforts. Ireland: Diver Jim Warny...
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Kirk (McGoff)'s family; the rise of William J. Galvin to City Council president; racial conflict in Charlestown Diver - the Divers move to West Newton Street...
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Open Water Diver (OWD) is an entry-level autonomous diver certification for recreational scuba diving. Although different agencies use different names...
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Technical diving (redirect from Technical diver)
recreational diving for non-professional purposes. Technical diving may expose the diver to hazards beyond those normally associated with recreational diving, and...
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Surface-supplied diving (redirect from Surface supplied diver)
underwater diving using equipment supplied with breathing gas through a diver's umbilical from the surface, either from the shore or from a diving support...
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and oversees an international system of recreational snorkel and scuba diver training and recognition. It is also known by its Spanish name, Confederación...
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Ama (diving) (redirect from Ama diver)
become an ama diver. The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife, an 1814 woodblock print by Japanese artist Hokusai, depicts a young ama diver entwined sexually...
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Frogman (redirect from Combatant diver)
Such personnel are also known by the more formal names of combat diver, combatant diver, or combat swimmer. The word frogman first arose in the stage name...
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Decompression sickness (redirect from Diver's disease)
The U.S. Navy and Technical Diving International, a leading technical diver training organization, have published a table that documents time to onset...
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The Diver (full name:The Diver:Regeneration) is a sculpture by John Kaufman located in the River Thames at Rainham, east London. The Diver is made of galvanised...
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Diving team (redirect from Bellman (diver))
diving there may be no team at all for a solo diver, a dive buddy is the default arrangement, a three diver team is fairly common for technical diving,...
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This article lists notable underwater diver certification agencies. These include certification in cave diving, commercial diving, recreational diving...
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balance of a diver occurs when the total heat exchanged between the diver and their surroundings results in a stable temperature of the diver. Ideally this...
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On 1 November 2020, PADI Open Water Diver Linnea Rose Mills drowned during a training dive in Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Montana, while using...
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Recreational diving (redirect from Sport diver)
diver in a range of standardised procedures and skills appropriate to the equipment the diver chooses to use and the environment in which the diver plans...
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Freediving (redirect from Free-diver)
freediving for which teams are formed by two athletes: one acting as the diver (βουτηχτής, voutichtis) and the other acting as an assistant (κολαουζέρης...
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Dave Shaw (redirect from David Shaw (diver))
John Shaw (20 July 1954 – 8 January 2005) was an Australian scuba diver, technical diver, and airline pilot for Cathay Pacific, flying the Lockheed L-1011...
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Standard diving dress (redirect from Hardhat diver)
used rebreather systems to extend the use of gas supplies carried by the diver, and were effectively self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, and...
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caused the clamp that was keeping the trunk sealed to open before Hellevik (diver 4) had closed the door to the chamber. This resulted in both chambers being...
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Nitrox (redirect from Nitrox diver)
reduced risk in a situation where breathing gas supply is compromised, as the diver can make a direct ascent to the surface with an acceptably low risk of decompression...
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Surface-supplied diving equipment (redirect from Diver's safety harness)
emergency. Thus, the surface-supplied diver is less likely to have an "out-of-air" emergency than a scuba diver using a single gas supply, as there are...
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