27. December 2019
End of season
When the temperatures drop below zero regularly its time to wrap up the season. Winter days at sea are wonderful but few, and rarely worth…
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22. December 2019
Winter solstice
At 05:19 this morning it was winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. Finally, the days are getting longer again. Today was only six hours long…
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30. November 2019
Tima bairdii
On this cold winter day, I thought I was shooting some species of jellyfish. The little creature was swimming around in shallow water, in beautiful…
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17. November 2019
Squalus acanthias
We had just turned the dive and was on our way back on an until then uneventful dive, and were heading southbound along the west…
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16. November 2019
A certain slant of light
There are 36 days left till winter solstice, and the hours of daylight are few. On rainy days like today, we don’t really see any…
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10. November 2019
Two firsts on one dive
Few things are as meditative to me as a macro dive on a familiar dive site. Early this morning I did such a dive, and…
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2. November 2019
Diversnight 2019
Diving is a social activity. Tonight local divers from Norway and Sweden met for diving, socializing and fine dining in Lunneviken, Sweden. At 20:19 1100…
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26. October 2019
“Grensedykket” 2019
The yearly tradition of a border crossing dive continues, an event created and arranged by Halden Sportsdykkere. Unfortunately, the dive conditions were not so good…
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24. October 2019
Hood, gloves and p-valve
I installed the p-valve today, and then my new drysuit is complete. A new hood arrived this week, and I did the final trimming of…
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20. October 2019
Cyaneta capillata
The lion's mane jellyfish, also known as the giant jellyfish or the hair jelly, is the largest known species of jellyfish. Its range is confined to cold, boreal waters of the Arctic, northern Atlantic, and northern Pacific…
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