In Latvia, many stories about equipment sunk in swamps and lakes have been preserved. Although there are many confirmed cases, there are also many cases where tanks are not found. There are 2,256 lakes in Latvia whose surface area exceeds 1 hectare. Therefore, many lakes or swamps in Latvia […]
Valentin Pāvuls (17.09.1905- 14.02.1993) Valentin Pāvuls was born in 1905. on September 17 in Vecauce, but he lived his life by the waters or in the water itself - working as a diver. To ensure a practical life, he turned to the risky work of a diver already in Latvia. Until 1914, the Pavuli family [...]
In a deep lake, during the Second World War, a German plane broke down, fell into the lake and sank. German aviation plane Focke Wulf fell into a lake (Lake Bourget), France. The plane is located at a depth of 110 meters and is available for viewing by everyone, only to do this you have to be specially trained [...]
For centuries, women and men have been training to breathe underwater, or "free diving." Indirect evidence comes from the origins of underwater artifacts found on land (such as mother-of-pearl patterns) as well as images of divers depicted in prehistoric drawings. Divers in ancient Greece […]
