Hi all-
Being fairly new at this I am not sure how long a message can be so I copied just a couple of the bios to bring over here. The full lists and bios are available at
www.beneaththesea.com. Each day I'll copy a few more for all to share.
Danielle Alary
Danielle was certified in 1982. She is an award-winning speaker, writer, photographer and multimedia producer. Danielle is currently an underwater photography columnists for Diver magazine. She has co-authored more than 450 articles. Danielle was the recipient of the Diver of the Year Award for the Arts at Beneath the Sea (in 1995) and has also won the coveted Silver Diver Award at the Antibes World Festival of Underwater Images (in 1997). In addition she chaired the photo jury at the 2000 edition of that prestigious event.
Susan Bangasser, Ph.D.
Susan investigated and wrote articles on the physiological aspects of women divers during the late '70s and '80s. She co-authored Women Underwater, the first book about women and diving. Her interest in safe diving for women resulted in surveys of divers and promotion of investigation of controversial issues of diving during pregnancy and susceptibility to decompression sickness. Susan also established a support hotline to help resolve issues and concerns for women divers.
Monique J Bellefeuille
Monique started diving in 1982 (PADI). She is co-founder of the Ottawa chapter of Save Ontario Shipwrecks and is an active speaker at many US and Canadian scuba shows. Monique has donated thousand of hours to marine archeology research and studies. She has had hundreds of articles published in both Canada and the USA (in French and English). She is founder of several non-profit photo contests. She states "I want to take commercialism out of contests; it is art, ecology, preservation and sharing with others the love of the sea and its inhabitants."
Janet Bieser
Janet was first certified in 1977. She is a SSI Platinum Pro 5000 diver and is certified as a PADI divemaster (1000 logged dives), an IANTD nitrox diver and an NSS-CDS Apprentice Cave Diver. In 1981 Janet was the first woman to dive the Republic and the second to dive theAndrea Doria. She is an experienced trimix diver, avid spearfishermen, heavy salvage diver, and holds a 100-ton Master Captain's license. She captains theR/V Wahoo and manages Custom Breathing Media in Rocky Point, NY.
Commander Debra Bodenstedt
Deb has been a United States Navy diving and salvage officer since 1983. She's been a commanding officer of a diving unit responsible for underwater ship repair and a diver during the salvage of the space shuttle Challenger. Deb also was the first woman to qualify as a submarine rescue chamber operator and the director of the Atlantic Fleet Diving School. She has dived on the historic USS Monitor at a depth of 240 feet and is a qualified scuba and surface-supplied mixed-gas diver.
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