DIVING THE WEB Phil Bendle e: pbendle@gmail.com
Tony Wu was the winner of the 2016 underwater section of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year with his photo Snapper Party. The link will take you to his gallery page with links on the left of various subjects. http://tiny.cc/tonywu
There are fears that five sunken vessels off Indonesia, which are the graves of 2,200 people, may have been salvaged for metal. An international investigation has been launched into the mysterious disappearance of three Dutch Second World War shipwrecks which have vanished from the bottom of the Java Sea. http://tiny.cc/javawrecks
This an interesting site on the World of Molluscs by Robert Nordsieck, a German living in Vienna. The link opens a page on the cone shell. There is also a video of this shell, the world’s most venomous animal. https://tinyurl.com/coneshell
Videos of the top 30 Wreck Dives in the World. There are two videos Part 1 http://tiny.cc/wrecks1 Part 2 http://tiny.cc/wrecks2
Jack Perks is a marine and natural history cameraman, who mainly worked on BBC Nature series. He is a freelance film maker primarily working underwater. He also undertakes commissions, filming for conservation groups. http://www.jackperksphotography.com
Historically the UK has been home to some of the world’s most prestigious underwater photography competitions. To view UK Underwater Photography Competition photos, click link to download the 2017 Yearbook (27Mb). http://tiny.cc/2017pdf
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