Ashdod, Israel (Global Adventures): A recent diving accident linked to Oxygen poisoning brings Israel’s Shayetet 13, an elite naval Special Forces unit, some unwanted publicity. 19 year old Sergeant Gal Azoulay died at the Ashdod Port early December 7.
During a routine diving exercise which was supposed to last two to three hours, Azoulay’s diving partner [...]

Hawaii (Global Adventures): 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 [...]

Pacific Ocean (Global Adventures): The deepest point of water on Earth is called the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean.
Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh manned the Bathyscaphe Trieste and descended to the bottom. They reached a measured depth of 10,916 meters or 35,813 feet. The two explorers stayed submerged for almost [...]