Hawaii (global-adventures.us): Two Japanese submarines designed to carry bombers to strike the U.S. during World War II have been discovered on the seabed off Hawaii. The 400 feet (122 meter) long boats had been captured by the U.S. Navy when Japan surrendered in 1945 and were sunk deliberately the following year after the Soviet Union [...]
New Record: 250 Marathons in 2010
November 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Cochrane (global-adventures.us): A man from Cochrane, Canada, will try to run 250 marathons and raise $250,000 for a charity in 2010. Martin Parnell, an ultra-marathon runner, says that he was inspired by Dean Karnazes who ran 50 marathons in 50 days across 50 U.S. states, and Larry Macon, a sixty-four year old lawyer from San [...]
Nitrogen Narcosis: A History
November 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Atlanta (global-adventures.us): Breathing air, which contains over 80 percent Nitrogen, produces an intoxicating effect under pressure known as nitrogen narcosis. When divers go below depths of approximately 100 ft, increase in the partial pressure of nitrogen produces an altered mental state similar to alcohol intoxication. Nitrogen narcosis is caused by gases in the body acting [...]
Sharp Decline in Hotel Construction
November 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Hendersonville (global-adventures.us): The total active hotel development pipeline in the U.S. includes 4,089 projects totaling 435,265 rooms. This represents a 32.7-percent decrease in the number of rooms in the “total active pipeline” compared to October 2008, according to Smith Travel Research (STR). “Total active pipeline” refers to projects in the construction, final planning and planning [...]
US diver convicted of murder
November 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
British Virgin Islands (global-adventures.us): A British Virgin Islands judge ruled that former Rhode Island dive shop owner and town councilor David Swain must serve at least 25 years of a mandatory life sentence for killing his wife on a Caribbean scuba outing in 1999. 53-year-old Swain maintained that his wife drowned accidentally. A jury unanimously [...]
