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Book by Robert Kurson recounting the discovery of a World War II German U-boat wreck
Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II is a 2004 non-fiction book
Shadow_Divers
American author (born 1963)
1963) is an American author, best known for his 2004 bestselling book, Shadow Divers, the true story of two Americans who discover a World War II German
Robert_Kurson
Australian conservationist (1962–2006)
two scuba divers were reported missing in the area. Irwin and his entire crew suspended operations to aid in the search. His team's divers searched with
Steve_Irwin
Italian ocean liner that sank in 1956
is also mentioned often in the book Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson. This true story talks about many of the divers that dove on the Andrea Doria and about
SS_Andrea_Doria
German World War II submarine
Robert Kurson chronicled the story of U-869's finding in the book Shadow Divers (2004). On 28 February 1945, the American destroyer escort USS Fowler
German_submarine_U-869
Swimming underwater, breathing gas carried by the diver
Scuba diving is an underwater diving mode where divers use breathing equipment completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and therefore
Scuba_diving
Japanese pearl divers
Ama (海女, "sea women") are Japanese divers famous for collecting pearls, though traditionally their main catch is seafood. The vast majority of ama are
Ama_(diving)
Special forces unit of the British Army
original (PDF) on 10 January 2007. "UK Special Forces: Accountability in Shadow War – Oxford Research Group". Archived from the original on 9 June 2018
Special_Air_Service
Underwater diving without breathing apparatus
occasional use of reeds and leather breathing bladders. The divers faced the same problems as divers today, such as blacking out during a breath hold. Freediving
Freediving
Female divers of Jeju, South Korea
Haenyeo (Korean: 해녀; lit. 'sea women') are female divers in the South Korean province of Jeju, whose livelihood consists of harvesting a variety of mollusks
Haenyeo
2018 international rescue mission in Thailand
2 July, after advancing through narrow passages and muddy waters, British divers John Volanthen and Rick Stanton found the group alive on an elevated rock
Tham_Luang_cave_rescue
English broadcaster and natural historian (born 1926)
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David_Attenborough
Fox 2000's 'Shadow Divers'". Deadline. Retrieved 16 May 2019. Fleming, Mike Jr. (4 November 2010). "Fox 2000 Puts Scribe On 'Shadow Divers'". Deadline
Ridley Scott's unrealised projects
Ridley_Scott's_unrealised_projects
Semi-submersible offshore drilling rig
incidents, most notably an explosive decompression in 1983 that killed four divers and one dive tender, as well as critically injuring another dive tender
Byford_Dolphin
German filmmaker (1902–2003)
for allowing fast action. Riefenstahl also "reversed the film to make the divers turn backwards, holding them in the air as if to defy the laws of gravity"
Leni_Riefenstahl
U.S. Navy's special operations force
with typical AQI brutality. Al-Qaeda's efforts to install a Sharia-style shadow government in Ramadi led to AQI's downfall-when in the first half of 2006
United_States_Navy_SEALs
Elevated body temperature due to failed thermoregulation
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Hyperthermia
Crewed full ocean depth rated submersible
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DSV_Limiting_Factor
Special forces unit of the Royal Navy
Welham, Michael G. (19 January 2023). Combat Divers: An Illustrated History of Special Forces Divers. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 164. ISBN 9781472856029
Special_Boat_Service
Vascular blockage by air bubbles
xylem of vascular plants, especially those suffering from water stress. Divers can develop arterial gas embolisms as a consequence of lung over-expansion
Air_embolism
Argentine-born British ocean liner stewardess (1887–1971)
is depicted as an elderly stewardess played by Madge Ryan. In 2006, "Shadow Divers" John Chatterton and Richie Kohler led an expedition to dive HMHS Britannic
Violet_Jessop
Disorder caused by dissolved gases forming bubbles in tissues
Decompression sickness (DCS; also called divers' disease, the bends, aerobullosis, and caisson disease) is a medical condition caused by dissolved gases
Decompression_sickness
Diving mode and decompression technique
more pronounced, and they tend to have more significant effects on the divers' safety, health, and general well-being. Several short and long term physiological
Saturation_diving
Human body core temperature below 35 °C (95 °F)
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Hypothermia
Submersible that traveled to the Challenger Deep
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Deepsea_Challenger
Severely deficient supply of oxygen
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Asphyxia
American astronaut (born 1975)
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Reid_Wiseman
USMC deep reconnaissance unit
and ascending techniques. After being cross-trained by the Navy's Master Divers, they learned the operation of the early rebreather systems and advanced
United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance
United_States_Marine_Corps_Force_Reconnaissance
Diving in water-filled caves
caves for scientific investigation, or for the search for and recovery of divers or, as in the 2018 Thai cave rescue, other cave users. The equipment used
Cave_diving
Diving incident in the Maldives
Island, Vaavu Atoll in the Maldives. The incident involved a team of Italian divers participating in a research and diving expedition aboard the liveaboard
2026 Dhekunu Kandu cave diving incident
2026_Dhekunu_Kandu_cave_diving_incident
Physiological responses to immersion of air-breathing vertebrates
mild response, although the dive-hunting Sama-Bajau people and the Haenyeo divers in the South Korean province of Jeju are notable outliers. The diving reflex
Diving_reflex
Organ system for circulating blood in animals
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Circulatory_system
Unplanned drop in the pressure of a sealed system
violent explosive decompression from nine atmospheres to one caused four divers to die instantly from massive and lethal barotrauma. Dramatized fictional
Uncontrolled_decompression
American engineer, vintner, and former NASA astronaut
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José_M._Hernández
Respiratory impairment caused by submersion in liquid
depth and is common in distance breath-hold divers in swimming pools. Both deep and distance free divers often use hyperventilation to flush out carbon
Drowning
Acoustic sensing method
diver. Its name is because it was designed for patrol divers (combat frogmen or clearance divers) to look for limpet mines in low visibility water. The
Sonar
Technique for equalising pressure in the middle ears
equalization across the eardrum and causing pain. To avoid this painful situation, divers, caisson workers and people in pressurized aircraft attempt to open the
Valsalva_maneuver
British ocean liner (1907–1915)
sunk upright, with the dive chamber resting on the main deck of Lusitania. Divers would then take the stairs down to the dive chamber and then go out of the
RMS_Lusitania
Pirate Blackbeard's ship
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Queen_Anne's_Revenge
Directional mass flow of oceanic water
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Ocean_current
Medical condition of lack of oxygen in the tissues
the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society/Divers Alert Network 2006 June 20–21 Workshop. Durham, NC: Divers Alert Network. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-930536-36-4
Hypoxia_(medicine)
Polish special forces unit
56 and 62 Kompania Specjalna 6 Brygada Desantowo-Szturmowa Polish Navy divers Anti-terrorist units of the Policja Mechanised Warfare Officer School in
GROM_Military_Unit
Outcrop of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of stony coral skeletons
of the coral. They transplanted them with the help of United States Army divers to a site relatively close to the channel. They observed little to no damage
Coral_reef
Military Engineers of the British Army
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Royal_Engineers
U.S. Navy officer and NASA astronaut (born 1965)
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Sunita_Williams
Narcotic effects of respiratory nitrogen
related. As depth increases, the mental impairment may become hazardous. Divers can learn to cope with some of the effects of narcosis, but it is impossible
Nitrogen_narcosis
Change in sea level due to gravity
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Tide
American engineer, astronaut, and naval aviator (born 1964)
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Scott_Kelly_(astronaut)
Group for improving diving safety
Divers Alert Network (DAN) is a group of not-for-profit organizations dedicated to improving diving safety for all divers. It was founded in Durham, North
Divers_Alert_Network
Injury due to pressure difference between gas filled space and adjoining tissue
practice for commercial divers, who will use shotlines, diving stages and wet bells to control descent and ascent rates. Professional divers are screened for
Barotrauma
Australian filmmaker (born 1944)
Magician with actor Tom Cruise, an adaptation of Robert Kurson's novel Shadow Divers, early development of a proposed Shantaram film starring Johnny Depp
Peter_Weir
Trio of ocean liners
[page needed]. Matsen, Brad. "Titanic's Last Secrets: The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterton & Richie Kohler" Hachette: 2008; 99. "Testimony of Edward
Olympic-class_ocean_liner
Irish safety freediver (1977-2017)
Retrieved 2023-10-27. Bower, Edmund (2017-08-26). "Top diver's death casts long shadow over deep beauty of the Blue Hole". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved
Stephen_Keenan
Water current moving away from shore
entering the water. This is helpful to lifeguards, swimmers, surfers, boaters, divers and other water users, who may need to avoid a rip, or in some cases make
Rip_current
US government scientific agency
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration
Special forces unit of the Australian Army
divers from the Clearance Diving Branch were tasked with assisting the TAG to develop the capability as the regiment did not have sufficient divers in
Special_Air_Service_Regiment
Hyperbaric pressure vessel for human occupancy used in diving operations
for diving chambers: as a simple form of submersible vessel to transport divers underwater and to provide a temporary base and retrieval system in the depths;
Diving_chamber
Conditions in which the temperature of a diver can remain stable
major components. Evaporative heat load is also significant to open circuit divers, not so much for rebreathers. Heat transfer to and via gases at higher pressure
Thermal balance of the underwater diver
Thermal_balance_of_the_underwater_diver
Physiological response to sudden exposure to cold
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Cold_shock_response
Opening in the base of a hull, platform, or chamber giving access to the water below
rather than on a deck exposed to the elements. A moon pool also allows divers, diving bells, ROVs, or small submersible craft to enter or leave the water
Moon_pool
Australian technical diver (1954–2005)
his can light on the cave floor. The powerful underwater lights that cave divers use are connected by wires to heavy battery canisters, normally worn on
Dave_Shaw
Tactical scuba diver
underwater. The term often applies more to professional rather than recreational divers, especially those working in a tactical capacity that includes military
Frogman
Austrian freediver and world record holder
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Herbert_Nitsch
Chamber for transporting divers vertically through the water
A diving bell is a rigid chamber used to transport divers from the surface to depth and back in open water, usually for the purpose of performing underwater
Diving_bell
2006 animal encounter accident
have been an Australian bull ray. The stingray, possibly mistaking Irwin's shadow for a tiger shark, suddenly "propped on its front" and stabbed Irwin several
Death_of_Steve_Irwin
English Tudor warship (1511–1545)
to see the Mary Rose in almost 300 years. Later, two other professional divers, John Deane and William Edwards, were employed. Using a recently invented
Mary_Rose
Indian Navy special operations force
Service and began teaching combat divers skills such as explosive disposal, clearance, and salvage diving. The combat divers failed to achieve their desired
MARCOS
Soviet underwater assault firearm firing unrifled steel flechettes
Ukraine ADS amphibious rifle – Russian bullpup assault rifle for combat divers ASM-DT amphibious rifle – Russian folding stock underwater firearm QBS-06
APS_underwater_rifle
Non-fiction book by Bernie Chowdhury about a double wreck diving fatality
according to writer Neal Matthews' review of Robert Kurson's book Shadow Divers (2004), "was among the first to adapt cave-diving principles to deep-water
The_Last_Dive
Finnish manufacturer of compasses, dive computers and sports watches
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Suunto
Death of bone tissue due to interruption of the blood supply
repeated exposure to high pressures (as experienced by commercial and military divers) has been linked to AVN, though the relationship is not well understood
Avascular_necrosis
Portable apparatus to recycle breathing gas
oxygen, Open circuit breathing apparatus used by firefighters, underwater divers and some mountaineers, which supplies fresh gas for each breath, which is
Rebreather
Italian astronaut, pilot and engineer (born 1976)
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Luca_Parmitano
Emergency first response medical treatment
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First_aid
British volunteer cave diver who specialises in rescues
sedated and then lashed to the divers. Parts of the cave were so narrow that the children were pushed in front of the divers. At other times, the children
John_Volanthen
United States Marine Corps officer and a Artemis III Commander
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Randolph_Bresnik
Loss of consciousness caused by cerebral hypoxia towards the end of a breath-hold dive
problems before. Blackout may also be referred to as a syncope or fainting. Divers and swimmers who black out or grey out underwater during a dive will usually
Freediving_blackout
Set of detailed instructions to assist in workplace safety
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Standard_operating_procedure
US Navy special operations group
personnel in SCUBA operations. This was the first-ever SCUBA training for USN divers. Following this training, Lcdr. Fane and Dr. Lambertsen demonstrated new
Underwater_Demolition_Team
Cosmonaut training facility outside Moscow
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Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
Yuri_Gagarin_Cosmonaut_Training_Center
Technology that allows survival in hostile environments
the ambient environment within a specific depth range, while saturation divers accommodated in surface systems are transferred under pressure to the working
Life-support_system
British science fiction writer (1917–2008)
underwater ruins of a temple, which subsequently made the region popular with divers. He described it in his 1957 book The Reefs of Taprobane. This was his second
Arthur_C._Clarke
Canadian astronaut (born 1976)
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Jeremy_Hansen
Canadian astronaut (born 1959)
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Chris_Hadfield
System used in industry to eliminate or minimize exposure to hazards
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Hierarchy_of_hazard_controls
British Army Air Corps officer and astronaut (born 1972)
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Tim_Peake
First ironclad of the US Navy, 1861–1862
underestimated and the fewer than 30 divers used were nearly overwhelmed. The 1999 dive season was mostly research oriented as divers investigated the wreck in detail
USS_Monitor
French oceanographer and author (1910–1997)
International Watch Company introduced the IWC Aquatimer Chronograph "Cousteau Divers" Special Edition. The timepiece incorporated a sliver of wood from the interior
Jacques_Cousteau
Ship used as a floating base for professional diving projects
positioning to degrade slowly enough in deteriorating conditions to recover divers without excessive risk, and to carry the necessary support equipment for
Diving_support_vessel
Crewed deep-ocean research submersible
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DSV_Alvin
Jacques Cousteau's oceanographic research ship
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RV_Calypso
Medical treatment at raised ambient pressure
arterial gas embolism caused by pulmonary barotrauma of ascent. In emergencies divers may sometimes be treated by in-water recompression (when a chamber is not
Hyperbaric_medicine
Stationary diving discipline of holding breath underwater
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Static_apnea
Equipment designed to help protect an individual from hazards
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Personal_protective_equipment
British cave diver who specialises in rescues
Council. He has been called "one of the world's most accomplished cave-divers", "the face of British cave diving," and "the best cave diver in Europe"
Rick_Stanton
Underwater diving to a depth beyond the norm
agencies, "Deep diving", or "Deep diver" may be a certification awarded to divers that have been trained to dive to a specified depth range, generally deeper
Deep_diving
Human habitable underwater enclosure filled with breathable gas
nocturnal organisms. Habitats in shallow water can be used to accommodate divers from greater depths for a major portion of the decompression required. This
Underwater_habitat
Short circular highly elastic rubber loop
shock absorption. Identical loops of inner tube are used by cavers and cave divers, and in that context are called snoopy loops by the British caving and cave
Rubber_band
Descending below the surface of the water to interact with the environment
attractive to covert military divers to avoid detection, scientific divers to avoid disturbing marine animals, and media divers to avoid bubble interference
Underwater_diving
Stretch garment for protection from abrasion, UV and stings
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Rash_guard
SHADOW DIVERS
SHADOW DIVERS
Girl/Female
Muslim
Shade, Shadow
Male
Gypsy/Romani
 Probably a Romani form of Hindi Shandar, SHANDOR means "proud."
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
King Henry IV, Part 2' Simon Shadow, a country soldier.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Shad Fish
Boy/Male
Indian
Shadow, Shade
Girl/Female
Muslim
Shade, Shadow
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Shadow; Shade
Boy/Male
English
Biblical Shadrach; one of three young Hebrew men who survived being cast into a fiery furnace.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Shadow or Shade
Girl/Female
American, British, Chinese, Christian, English
Field of Flower; Grass; Vegetation; A Meadow; A Grassy Field
Female
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Sharown, SHARON means "plain, level ground." In the bible, this is the name of a valley in Palestine. The name is sometimes given because of its association with the flowering shrub called Rose of Sharon.Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Sharrow in Sheffield or Sharow in North Yorkshire, both named with Old English scearu ‘boundary’ + hÅh ‘hill-spur’.Americanized spelling of French Charron.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
King Henry IV, Part 2' and 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' Robert Shallow, a country justice.
Female
Native American
Native American Navajo name SHADI means "older sister." Compare with masculine forms of Shadi.
Male
Iranian/Persian
(شادی) Persian name SHADI means "happiness." Compare with another form of Shadi.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow. Compare Mead. The form meadow derives from mǣdwe, the dative case of Old English mǣd.
Girl/Female
Indian
Shade, Shadow
Girl/Female
Indian
Shade, Shadow
Male
Hebrew
(ש×ָלï‹×) Hebrew name derived from the word shalowm, SHALOM means "peace," or perhaps more correctly, of body, "healthy and sound."
Boy/Male
Muslim
Shadow, Shade
SHADOW DIVERS
SHADOW DIVERS
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Blakeney.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Insight, Intelligence, Mind
Surname or Lastname
English
English : reduced form of Challender.
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian
Worshipped
Boy/Male
Tamil
Deeptendu | தீபà¯à®¤à¯‡à®‚தà¯
Bright Moon
Girl/Female
Muslim
Proper name, Cloud that carries rain
Biblical
popular;ruler of people;
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Sargent.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Girl/Female
Tamil
Goddess Laxmi
SHADOW DIVERS
SHADOW DIVERS
SHADOW DIVERS
SHADOW DIVERS
SHADOW DIVERS
n.
Shadowy resemblance; shadow.
n.
Shadow.
imp. & p. p.
of Shadow
n.
That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.
v. t.
To shade; to shadow; to foreshadow.
superl.
Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade.
n.
To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal.
v. t.
To free from shadow or shade.
n.
Shade; shadow.
n.
To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
a.
Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor.
n.
A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.
n.
To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.
n.
A small degree; a shade.
n.
Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1.
v. t.
To make shallow.
a.
Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.
n.
A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.
n.
Darkness; shade; obscurity.
v. t.
To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.