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[draghkar]

just wondering if the person in the diving suit is the same dude as the diver in the philipines.. the equipment is the same after alll.

and on the flag: what would an animated dutch flag do on a site hosted in Poland of a russian scientist without any apparent connection to the Netherlands?

greetz,

D.

[Puppy_Zwolle]

No input on the face. The face could even be MJ

Was wondering about this:
An arcticdiver with his lips exposed to that cold water? Somehow I doubt it. So I did a little digging into the scuba world.

He's using this.

Xstream Deep90 <-*click for the site*

Though the equipment is cold waterproof (which I expected it not to be) and top of the line equipment, you would expect them to use a fullmask like this:

[tallerbird]

Just found this one but having a little trouble following it but it seems just my type of thing.
I am a diving instructor but have only a little experience in diving in water that cold. The regulator he is using is enviromentaly sealed which means it would not freeze up in cold water. This is nothing special as most regulators have this feature. Some people use full face masks but they are not very popular with a lot of divers. Most divers in very cold water would use a regulator that at least covers the lips but some do dive with an ordinary one.

[JohnLynch]

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the reason it is pl is because it was on a polish radio station.

[Law of Five]

Good spot on the pic and the flag, Draghkar! The diver seems to be set up for diving in ice-cold water, what with the special suit, the sealed regulator and the face mask, as well as the snow in the background. But Arkady was on a oil exploration team, travelling by ship and helicopter - why would someone be diving in the water off Franz Josef Land? Curiouser and curiouser...

Law of Five

[Puppy_Zwolle]

http://www.hanaumabay-hawaii.com/scuba_hall_of_fame.htm

[Max Steele]

http://www.giantology.typepad.com/ updated today. Looks like the writer of the blog quit his job and is going to write a book about all things giant.

[draghkar]

I am really wondering where this all leads to

[enerbrat]

Let's hope the "readers" (possibly the actual guy posing) will post some hints as to what to look for/in.

[Phaedra]

[devamon]

The Giantology update has an image that the owner plans to use as the cover for his book. It is one of the pictures from the Philippines discovery. There is a reference to Ed, and a link to his site, but there is no mention of the Blog-owner having received permission to use this image. Does anybody have any idea concerning the legality of this. More importantly, does anybody think that this is pointing to something special about that particular picture? I don't have any of my picture editing software installed right now, and don't feel like analyzing two images in MS Paint, but is it possible that there are any differences other than the obvious (ie. added title and border)? Just my two cents.

[draghkar]

The Giantology site updated again.

There is not much there besides a few links, so i'll just quote it here:

[Puppy_Zwolle]