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Web Links

Cave Diving Accidents
http://grove.ufl.edu/~ken/cave-accidents.html
Ken Sallot posts accident reports on his Cave Divers Corner site (http://grove.ufl.edu/~ken/cavers.html) as a reminder that “diving in caves is an ultrahazardous activity.”

Ginnie Springs Resort
http://www.ginniesprings.com
This is one of the world’s favorite freshwater dive spots, and the site of Boyd’s cave dive training.

Karst Productions, Inc.
http://wesskiles.com/
Step into Wes Skiles’ online office for your underwater video needs.

National Association for Cave Diving
http://www.afn.org/~nacd/
The NACD also trains new cave divers and provides other resources for underwater cave exploration.

National Speleological Society Cave Diving Section
http://www.caves.org/section/cds
Want to become a cave diver? Here’s a good place to start. Never been in a cave? Try the NSS main screen at http://www.caves.org.

The Rebreather Web Site
http://www.nwdesigns.com/rebreathers/
Learn how you can dive for up to eight hours on a few tanks of gas. Don’t forget to watch out for “caustic cocktails.”

Wakulla 2 Expedition
http://www.wakulla2.org
Meet the project crew and read a diary of the entire expedition at the official Wakulla 2 Expedition Web site.

Woodville Karst Plain Project
http://www.wkpp.org/
This NSS-sanctioned project has been exploring and mapping in Wakulla and other North Florida springs for more than a decade.

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NGS Resources

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Ringle, Ken. “Unlocking the Labyrinth of North Florida Springs.” Pages 40-59, March 1999.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Webster, Donovan. “Searching the Depths of Borneo’s White Mountain.” Pages 118-135, September 1998.

WORLD
Banks, Joan. “Underground Wilderness.” Pages 27-30, November 1997.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Stone, William A. “Cave Quest: Trial and Tragedy a Mile Beneath Mexico.” Pages 78-93, September 1995.

WORLD
Brownell, M. Barbara. “Come on Down to the World Underground.” Pages 24-28, September 1994.

Television
Mysteries Underground. November 1992.

WORLD
Bankson, Ross. “Pushing the Limits.” Pages 2-7, June 1992.

You can find still more resources by searching the NGS Publications Index or NGS Store.

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Additional Resources

Burgess, Robert F. The Cave Divers. Aqua Quest Publications, 1999.

Exley, Sheck. Basic Cave Diving: A Blueprint for Survival. National Speological Society, 1986.

Exley, Sheck. Caverns Measureless to Man. Cave Books, 1995.

Farr, Martyn. Darkness Beckons: The History and Development of Cave Diving. Cave Books, 1991.

Palmer, Rob. Deep Into Blue Holes. Media Publishing, Ltd., 1997.

Saltsman, Dayton, editor. The Art of Safe Cave Diving. National Association for Cave Diving, 1995.

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