Hannah Lynch, the 18-year-old daughter of the British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, was on board a yacht that was hit by a storm and went down in the early hours on Monday.
Tag: Diving and Divers
Scuba Diver Is Fined After Getting Too Close to Killer Whales
Canadian investigators said the diver “attempted to motor ahead of the whale pod several times” in British Columbia in 2020. He was fined 12,000 Canadian dollars.
Diver Discovers 900-Year-Old Sword Dating to the Crusades
The sword, recovered off the coast of Israel, most likely belonged to a knight who fell into the sea or lost the weapon in battle, experts said.
George Bass, Archaeologist of the Ocean Floor, Dies at 88
He was called the father of underwater archaeology, finding treasures in shipwrecks around the world that illuminated ancient history.
A New Ship’s Mission: Let the Deep Sea Be Seen
A giant new vessel, OceanXplorer, seeks to unveil the secrets of the abyss for a global audience.
You Can’t Escape Lice, Even 6,500 Feet Below the Ocean
A species of insect tags along with elephant seals as they spend months at sea, enduring the crushing pressure changes of the mammals’ dives.
To Map a Coral Reef, Peel Back the Seawater
This scientist couple created an airborne observatory to map tropical forests. Now they’re using it to identify threatened reefs.