BRET GILLIAM

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Articles and Papers by Bret C. Gilliam (1972-2021)

prior to 1991 not all articles are listed due to non-computerized records of the era

 

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS ACCIDENTS

Virgin Islands Civil Defense and Red Cross publication 1972 (with revisions through 1978)

 

EXTENDING THE WORKING CAPABILITY AND DEPTH OF THE SCUBA DIVER BREATHING A COMPRESSED AIR MEDIA

Proceedings of the 1974 International Conference On Underwater Education

 

SURVEY REVEALS CHARTER BOAT STANDARDS

NAUI News, July/August 1979

 

DIVING OPERATIONS MANUAL

Ocean Quest International, Publication March 1989

 

DIVING ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT FIELD GUIDE: OXYGEN ADMINISTRATION AND RECOMPRESSION THERAPY

Ocean Tech, Publication March 1989

 

SUMMARY OF DIVING TREATMENTS BY OCEAN QUEST INTERNATIONAL ON BOARD RECOMPRESSION CHAMBER FACILITY

Ocean Tech, Publication March 1990

 

HELICOPTER EVACUATION OF DIVING PATIENTS FROM VESSELS

Ocean Tech, Publication March 1990

 

HOW SAFE ARE DIVING COMPUTERS

In Depth, Fall 1990

 

AVOIDING THE BENDS

Scuba Times, November/December 1990

 

A COMPARISON OF THE INCIDENCE OF DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS IN MEN AND WOMEN DIVERS USING DECOMPRESSION TABLES AND DIVING COMPUTERS

Proceedings Journal of the 1990 American Academy of Underwater Sciences (with Dr.R.K.Hill,M.D.)

 

COMPUTERS VS. TABLE USAGE: 12 MONTHS DATA

Sources, January/February 1991

 

NARCOSIS: METHODS VERSUS MYTHS

Scuba Times, May/June 1991

 

SEAMANSHIP FOR DIVING

Sources, September/October 1991

Undercurrent, 2012 (on-line version)

Diver, February 2013 (Vol. 38, Issue #2

 

THE INCREDIBLE HYPERLITE PORTABLE RECOMPRESSION CHAMBER

Sources, September/October 1991

 

REMOTE CONTROL OF DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS

Scuba Times, November/December 1991

 

DEEP DIVING WORLD RECORD BROKEN

Scuba Times, July/August 1990 (account of Bret Gilliam's 452 ft. dive by Lynn Hendrickson)

 

77,680 COMPUTER AND TABLE DIVES: WHO GOT BENT AND WHY

Undercurrent, June 1991

 

DEALING WITH DENIAL: GETTING THE BENDS OUT OF THE CLOSET

Technical Diver,

South Pacific Undersea Medical Society Journal, 1992

Undercurrent, March 1992

Sources, January/February 1992

Advanced Diving Journal, January/February 1993

 

THE MYTHS OF NITROGEN NARCOSIS (BY THE DEEPEST DIVER)

Undercurrent,  Februrary 1992

 

EVALUATION OF DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS IN MULTI-DAY REPETITIVE DIVING FOR 77,680 SPORT DIVES

Proceedings Journal for the joint American Academy of Underwater Sciences/DAN Conference March 1991, South Pacific Undersea Medical Society Journal January-March 1992

 

RECOMPRESSION CHAMBER OPERATIONS AND TREATMENT OVERVIEW

Aquacorps, 1992

 

EVALUATION OF DCS IN SPORT DIVERS

Advanced Diving Journal, 1992

 

DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS: THEORY AND TREATMENT (3 part series)

Sub Aqua Journal, 1992

 

GETTING CONVERSATIONAL WITH NITROX

Sources, March/April 1992

 

NIGHTMARES OF THE SCUBA POLICE

Discover Diving, March/April 1992

 

CO2 RISK MANAGEMENT SUMMARY

Aquacorps, Winter 1992

 

NITROX PROMISES LONGER BOTTOM TIMES

Scuba Diving, May/June 1992

 

WHAT IS AN ADVANCED DIVER?

Advanced Diving Journal, July/August 1992

 

THE FUTURE IS NOW: DEEP SUBMERSIBLES AS OPERATIONAL TOOLS

Advanced Diving Journal, July/August 1992

 

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON DIVE TABLES AND DECOMPRESSION MODELS

Sources,

 

NEW TRICKS: MIXED GAS DIVING COMPUTERS

Advanced Diving Journal, September/October 1992

 

GARY GENTILE: AN OBSESSION WITH SHIPWRECKS

Advanced Diving Journal, September/October 1992

 

ASSUMING YOUR RISKS

Advanced Diving Journal, September/October 1992

 

HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?

Scuba Diving, July/August 1992

 

THE LEXICON OF (OXYGEN) LIMITS

Advanced Diving Journal, September/October 1992

 

THE KRAKEN: A MIXED GAS REBREATHER

Advanced Diving Journal, September/October 1992

 

DIVING THE WRECK OF THE HYDRO-ATLANTIC

Advanced Diving Journal, September/October 1992

 

PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING

Sources, September/October 1992

 

FIRST LADY ON THE ANDREA DORIA: EVELYN DUDAS

Advanced Diving Journal, November/December 1992

 

HIGH PERFORMANCE CYLINDER VALVE MANIFOLDS

Advanced Diving Journal, November/December 1992

 

COMMENTARY ON DEEPER DIVING

Sources, November/December 1992

 

GAS CONSUMPTION: A MEANS TO SURVIVAL

Sub Aqua Journal, August 1992

 

DEEP DIVING CONTROVERSY: REALITY VERSUS HYPOCRISY

Sources, January/February 1993, SPORT DIVER (England) in press,

IANTD Journal, December 1992

 

MIXED GAS DIVING (Two part feature)

Advanced Diving Journal, January/February 1993 and March/April 1993

 

BILL HIGH: IN HIGH GEAR

Advanced Diving Journal January/February 1993

 

SAFETY ISSUES AND COMMON SENSE

IANTD Journal, January 1993

 

SAFETY FIRST

Scuba Diving, March 1993

 

DIVING ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT

Aquacorps, January 1993

 

DIVE HOUSE COZUMEL

Sources, January/February 1993

 

CURRENT STATE DIVING

Sources, January/February 1993

 

EVACUATION AND FIELD MANAGEMENT FOR OFFSHORE DIVING ACCIDENTS

Proceedings Journal of the Tech 93 Conference, January 1993

 

A PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE CONTROVERSY OF DEEPER DIVING WITHIN THE RECREATIONAL/SPORT COMMUNITY

Proceedings Journal of the Tech 93 Conference, SDRG, 1993

 

SEVEN SEAS: NAUI PRO FACILITY

Sources, March/April 1993

 

A NAUI MEMBER PROFILE: CAPT. LEWIS USIE

Sources, March/April 1993

 

CLEARING THE AIR ABOUT NITROX

Advanced Diver Journal, May/June 1993

 

PRODUCTION OF OXYGEN ENRICHED AIR MIXTURES

Advanced Diver Journal, May/June 1993

 

MEETING OF THE MINDS

Scuba Times, May/June 1993

 

SEAPLANE RENDEZVOUS: YOU CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE

Discover Diving, May 1993

 

SMILEY'S SCUBA SHOP INC.: PENNSYLVANIA PROFESSIONALISM

Sources, May/June 1993

 

A NAUI PERSONALITY: RENEE HOBART

Sources, May/June 1993

 

A NAUI PERSONALITY: LLOYD ORR

Sources, July/August 1993

 

SOULMATES IN THE ABYSS

Advanced Diver Journal, July/August 1993

 

TROPIC SURVEYOR: MALPELO ISLAND, COLOMBIA

Undercurrent, October 1993

 

DISCOVERING SOUTHEAST FLORIDA'S DEEP WRECK SITES

Sub Aqua Journal, September/October 1993

 

ROOM WITH A VIEW: THE UNDERWATER HABITAT

Discover Diving, November/December 1993

 

DEEP DIVING CONTROVERSY: REALITY VERSUS HYPOCRISY

Scuba Dive and Travel, November 1993 England

 

BILL HIGH: SCIENTIFIC DIVING PIONEER

Sources, November/December 1993

 

DEALING WITH MURPHY'S LAW: CONTINGENCY PLANNING

Advanced Diver Journal, January/February 1994

 

DRESS FOR SUCCESS

Advanced Diver Journal, January/February 1994

IANTD Journal, November/December 1993

 

A PRACTICAL DISCUSSION OF NITROGEN NARCOSIS

Sources, 1994

 

WHY? BECAUSE IT'S THE RULES!

Advanced Diver Journal, March/April 1994

ISAM Medical Journal, September 1994

 

WRECKING CREWS

Sport Diver, January 1994

 

WHO'S DIVING WHAT

In Depth, February 1994

 

WILD THING: SHARK DIVING AT MALPELO ISLAND

Rodale's Scuba Diving, March 1994

 

SHOULD WE TEACH DIVE COMPUTERS INSTEAD OF DIVE TABLES?

Advanced Diver Journal, in production for 1994

 

RUNNING ON EMPTY

Advanced Diver Journal, March/April 1994

Sources, May/June 1994, ISAM JOURNAL, 2nd Qtr. 1994

 

TECHNICAL DIVING COMES OF AGE: TEK 94

Advanced Diver Journal, March/April 1994

 

NITROX NEWS

Rodale's Scuba Diving, June 1994

 

CHOOSING UNDERWATER CAMERAS

Sport Diver, May/June 1994

 

SHALL WE GET IN BED WITH THE REGULATORS?

IANTD Journal, June 1994

Aquacorps Journal, October 1994

 

RESCUED! Mission Impossible in Venezuela

Advanced Diver Journal, September/October 1994

 

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING

Advanced Diver Journal, November/December 1994

 

JOE MOKRY: RESCUE SPECIALIST

Sources, November/December 1994

 

SOFT CEILINGS ARE JUST AS HARD

Advanced Diver Journal, January/February 1995

 

PALAU...WOW!

Scuba Times, March/April 1995

 

FATHOMS FRAMED: BRET GILLIAM UNDERWATER PORTFOLIO

Scuba Times, May/June  1995

 

EMERALD SEAS AQUATICS

Sources, March/April 1995

 

INTERVIEW WITH BRET GILLIAM: TECHNICAL DIVING

Unterwassen, January 1995 (Germany)

 

DRESS FOR SUCCESS

Sport Diver, January 1995

 

INDUSTRY INSIDER: BRET GILLLIAM INTERVIEW

DEMA Daily Reporter, January 1995

 

JOE GIACINTO: DIVE BVI SUCCESS STORY

Sources, May/June 1995

 

DIVE COMPUTER SAFETY

Sport Diver, May/June 1995

 

DIVING IN

Scuba Times, July/August 1995

 

EVEN THE BEST PLANS CAN GO AWRY...

Scuba Times, May/June 1995

 

MODEL PERSPECTIVE: Portfolio of Bret Gilliam's Photography

Fathoms Frames, Scuba Times, May/June 1995

 

INTERVIEW WITH BRET GILLIAM: THE ISSUES OF DEEP DIVING

Scuba Times, July/August 1995

 

WHAT DANGERS LURK IN THE DEEP ABYSS?

Scuba Times, July/August 1995

 

CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH HUMPBACK WHALES OF THE SILVER BANK

Scuba Times, September/October 1995

 

HANGING OUT: Getting a Handle on Deco Stops

Scuba Times, September/October 1995

 

TOOLS OF THE TRADE: Equipment to Make Deco Stops Easier

Scuba Times, September/October 1995

 

ULTIMATE DIVE SITES: The World's Best Dives

Scuba Times, September/October 1995

 

ATLANTIS I REBREATHER

Sport Diver,  September/October 1995

 

DIVING THE SCALES OF JUSTICE

Deep Tech Journal, September 1995

 

HONING THE SURVIVAL EDGE: Attitude and Awareness

Scuba Times, November/December 1995

 

GRINNING THROUGH ADVERSITY

Scuba Times, November/December 1995

 

BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE CAN!

Aqua Corps, November/December 1995

 

BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH REBREATHERS

Scuba Times, January/February 1996

 

REBREATHER TRAINING

Scuba Times, January/February 1996

 

SOME REBREATHER REALITIES

Sub Aqua Journal, January 1996

 

WHALING AWAY: An Expedition to Film Humpbacks with Modern Rebreathers

Immersed, January 1996

 

SOMETIMES, ALL I NEED IS THE AIR THAT I BREATHE...

Dive Travel, Spring 1996

 

GILLIAM GETS PISSED OFF (Interview)

Deep Tech, January 1996

 

RISK AND THE WAIVER

Deep Tech, January 1996

 

NO ONE ELSE CAN (Rebuttal on Deep Air Diving)

Aqua Corps, February 1996

 

REBREATHER ROUND TABLE INTERVIEW

Deep Tech,  April 1996

 

NITROX; COMING OF AGE IN THE NINETIES

Scuba Times, April 1996

 

SO YOU WANT TO TAKE A NITROX COURSE?

Scuba Times, April 1996

 

COLOMBIA'S WILD CREATURES

Sub Aqua Journal, June 1996

 

NIGHT VISION; PURSUING PHANTOMS IN PALAU

Scuba Times, June 1996

 

VETERAN SEA STORIES

Scuba Times, June 1996

 

ON THE ROAD WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Scuba Times, July 1996

 

TUG-OF-WAR AT THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN

Scuba Times, July 1996

 

NITROX BY NECESSITY

Scuba Times, December 1996

 

TABLES ON A CHIP

In Depth, January 1997

 

HANGING WITH THE HUMPBACKS

Deep Tech Journal, First Quarter 1997

 

INTERVIEW

Deep Tech Journal, First Quarter 1997

 

ROMANCING THE SHARKS

Deep Tech Journal, First Quarter 1997 (written by Charles Ericson, photos by Bret Gilliam)

 

TRUKKING: THE WRECK DIVERS PARADISE

Scuba Times, February 1997

 

GETTING WRECKED

Scuba Times, February 1997

 

THE MAINSTREAMING OF NITROX

Deep Tech Journal, Second Quarter 1997

 

SPORT SUBMERSIBLES: A WINDOW TO THE ABYSS

Deep Tech Journal, Second Quarter 1997

 

NITROX COMES TO PARADISE

Deep Tech Journal, Second Quarter 1997

 

WORKING YOUR FINGERS TO THE BONE

Scuba Times, July 1997

 

BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH MODERN REBREATHERS

Southern Diver (Skin Diver Magazine), Summer 1997

 

IN MEMORY OF ROB PALMER

Deep Tech Journal,Third Quarter 1997

 

FEAR AND LOATHING ON THE INTERNET

Deep Tech Journal, Third Quarter 1997

 

NOSTALGIC JOURNEY: RETURN TO TREASURE ISLAND

Scuba Times, September 1997

 

BRET GILLIAM: INTERVIEW

Unterwassen, November 1997

 

MEETING MR. BIG: Eye to Eye with a Humpback

Scuba Times, December 1997

 

THE HUNT FOR RED (WHITE & BLUE) OCTOBER

Scuba Times, February 1998

 

EVALUATING DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS

Deep Tech Journal, Fourth Quarter 1997

 

TRUKIN' IN TRUK

Deep Tech Journal, First Quarter 1998

 

INTERVIEW WITH AL GIDDINGS

Deep Tech Journal, First Quarter 1998

 

NITROX SPECIAL REPORT: 4 articles

Deep Tech Journal, Second Quarter 1998

 

CHOOSING NIKONOS LENSES

Scuba Times, June 1998

 

A BEAUTY AMONG BEASTS: Lauren Hutton Cover Story

Rodale's Scuba Diving, July 1998

 

BEAUTY AND THE REEF (Lauren Hutton in Fiji)

Scuba Times, August 1998

 

THE MOST EXCITING DIVE I NEVER DID!

Deep Tech Journal, Third Quarter 1998

 

SOLO DIVING

Scuba Times, January 1999

 

INTERVIEW WITH HOWARD AND MICHELE HALL

Deep Tech Journal, First Quarter 1999

 

RETURN TO COCOS

Deep Tech Journal, First Quarter 1999

 

HAVING FUN YET?

Rodale's Scuba Diving, August 1999

 

GOT YOUR C-CARD?

Rodale's Scuba Diving, September 1999

 

REVERSE PROFILES: A TECH DIVER'S VIEW

Rodale's Scuba Diving, October 1999

 

HAMMERHEADS AND HIGH TECH: A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN

Rodale's Scuba Diving, October 1999

 

BECAUSE IT'S THE RULES!

Rodale's Scuba Diving, November/December 1999

 

INTERVIEW WITH BRET GILLIAM

Dive New Zealand, September 1999

 

ULTIMATE FIJI

Rodale's Scuba Diving, January 2000

 

FIGHTING OUR WAY OFF THE BUNNY SLOPE

Rodale's Scuba Diving, March 2000

 

AN INTRO TO TECH DIVING

Rodale's Scuba Diving, March 2000

 

DIVE TRAINING: LOSS LEADER OR PROFIT CENTER?

Dive Report, August 2000

 

UNDISCOVERED FIJI: Dive Expedition Hits Jackpot

Rodale's Scuba Diving, October 2000

 

DECOMPRESSION DIVING: IT'S FOR EVERYONE

Rodale's Scuba Diving, November 2000

 

SCUBA QUIZ: NITROX

Rodale's Scuba Diving, January 2001

 

NITROX: AN AGENCY PERSPECTIVE (TDI)

Dan Nitrox Workshop Proceedings, January 2001

 

SCUBA QUIZ: MULTI-DAY REPETITIVE DIVING

Rodale's Scuba Diving, March 2001

 

THE WILL TO LIVE

Rodale's Scuba Diving, April 2001

 

READY TO GO SOLO?

Rodale's Scuba Diving April 2001

 

SCUBA QUIZ: DIVE CONTINGENCIES

Rodale's Scuba Diving, May 2001

 

CNS OXYGEN TOXICITY

Rodale's Scuba Diving, June 2001

 

DICK RUTKOWSKI: The Godfather of Nitrox

Fathoms, Summer 2001 #1

 

SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK & ROLL

Scuba Times, April 1998

Fathoms, Summer 2001 #1

Undercurrent, July 2009 (on-line version)

 

INTERVIEW WITH MIKE deGRUY by Bret Gilliam

Fathoms, Summer 2001 #1

 

THE MYSTICAL WRECKS OF TRUK LAGOON

Fathoms, Summer 2001 #1

 

IN KENNEDY'S WAKE: THE SOLOMON ISLANDS

Fathoms, Fall 2001 #2

 

INTERVIEW WITH HOWARD HALL by Bret Gilliam

Fathoms, Fall 2001 #2

 

COCOS ISLAND: AN OCEAN OASIS

Fathoms, Fall 2001 #2

 

THE BAY ISLANDS:A DIVE GUIDE (photography by Gilliam, text by F. Garth)

Skindiver, January 2002

 

YAP: MORE THAN MANTAS

Fathoms, Spring 2002 #3

 

INTERVIEW WITH STAN WATERMAN by Bret Gilliam

Fathoms, Spring 2002 #3

 

A CELEBRATION OF BLUE (Photo Portfolio)

Fathoms, Spring 2002 #3

 

MARITIME TERMS AND TRIVIA

Fathoms, Spring 2002 #3

 

APPRECIATING THE WHALE

Fathoms, Summer 2002 #4

Diving Adventure, 2009 #7

 

LOOKING BACK: DAVE COSTON

Fathoms, Summer 2002 #4

 

INDONESIAN PREVIEW

Fathoms, Summer 2002 #4

 

BARE ADVENTURE IN THE BVI (photography by Gilliam, text by F. Garth)

Skin Diver, September 2002

 

INTERVIEW WITH PETER BENCHLEY by Bret Gilliam

Fathoms, Fall 2002 #5

 

KOMODO LIVEABOARDS, INDONESIA: CAN IT GET ANY BETTER?

Undercurrent, February 2003

 

EVEN THE BEST PLANS GO AWRY...

Fathoms, Winter 2003 #6

 

YOU CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE

Fathoms, Winter 2003 #6

 

TRIBUTE TO STAN WATERMAN

Fathoms, Winter 2003 #6

 

INTERVIEW WITH AL GIDDINGS

Fathoms, Spring 2003 #7

 

THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

Fathoms, Spring 2003 #7

 

THE RHONE: A WRECK FOR THE AGES

Fathoms, Spring 2003 #7

 

INTERVIEW WITH MAURICIO HANDLER

Fathoms, Spring 2003 #7

 

JOE GIACINTO: A DIVE BVI SUCCESS STORY

Fathoms, Spring 2003 #7

 

INTERVIEW WITH DR. BOB BALLARD

Fathoms, Fall 2003 #8

 

FULL NEOPRENE JACKET: DIVING WITH NAVY SUBS

Fathoms, Fall 2003 #8

 

MALPELO & COCOS ISLANDS: WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

Undercurrent, January 2004

 

INTERVIEW WITH DICK BONIN

Fathoms, Winter 2004 #9

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #8, September 2012

 

DIVE CONTINGENCIES

Fathoms, Spring 2004 #10

 

INTERVIEW WITH BEV MORGAN

Fathoms, Summer 2004 #11

 

SUPERLATIVES IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS

Fathoms, Summer 2004 #11

 

TRANSITIONS TO DIGITAL IMAGING

Underwater Photo-Tech, Fall 2004

 

INTERVIEW WITH KEVIN MCMURRAY

Fathoms, Fall 2004 #12

 

MEMORIAL TO ATTORNEY BILL TURBEVILLE

Fathoms, Winter 2005 #13

 

SUN DANCER, PARADISE SPORT: TWO TOP PNG LIVEABOARDS

Undercurrent, March 2005

 

TAWALI RESORT OPENS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Fathoms, Winter 2005 #13

 

POLAR BEAR EXPEDITION: A PHOTO PORTFOLIO WITH AMOS NACHOUM

Fathoms, Winter 2005 #13

 

AN INDONESIAN ODYSSEY

Fathoms, Summer 2005 #14

 

DIGITAL IMAGING: IS IT PHOTOGRAPHY?

Undercurrent, July and August 2005, 2 part article series

 

SEA SALT (by Stan Waterman), Book Review

Fathoms, Fall 2005 #15

 

SHOULD MARINE MAMMAL PARKS BE ALLOWED?

Fathoms, Fall 2005 #15

 

TECH DIVING, REBREATHERS AND WRECKS: When it might not be for you!

Undercurrent, March 2006

(also published by other magazines as “So You Want to Climb Mt. Everest?”)

 

ROOM WITH A VIEW

Deep Tech Journal, Fourth Quarter 1996

Fathoms, Spring 2006 #16

Undercurrent, 2011 (on-line version)

 

THROUGH THE VIEWFINDER… IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS

Diving Adventure, First Issue, November 2006

 

INTERVIEW WITH JOHN CHATTERTON

Diving Adventure, First Issue, November 2006

 

ENCORE

Maine Boat & Harbors, April/May 2007

 

MATCHING WITS WITH MURPHY: Contingency Planning

Diver, June 2007

 

LAST MISSION OF THE BLACK JACK

Diving Adventure, July 2007 #2

Undercurrent, 2010 (on-line version)

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #7, June 2012

Diver, August 2013 (Vol. 38, Issue #6)

 

IRRATIONAL FEAR OF FLASHING COMPUTERS

Undercurrent, July 2007

 

INTERVIEW WITH BEV MORGAN

Historical Diver, Spring 2007 #51

 

INTERVIEW WITH MICHELE HALL

Diving Adventure, November 2007 #3

 

WAITING FOR THE LIGHT

Diving Adventure, 2007 #3

Diver, May 2009

 

DIVING’S GRAND AMBASSADOR: STAN WATERMAN

Diving Adventure, 2007 #3

 

INDONESIAN LIVEABOARD UPDATE

Undercurrent, October 2007

 

INTERVIEW WITH ZALE PARRY

Historical Diver, issue 52, Fall 2007

 

A WINDOW TO THE ABYSS

Diving Adventure, 2008 #4

 

A UNIQUE TALENT: DR. CHIP SCARLETT

Diving Adventure, 2008 #4

 

YOU CAN’T GET THERE FROM HERE

Diver, March 2008

 

HERE THERE BE DRAGONS… and other delights!

Diving Adventure, 2008 #5

Fathoms, Fall 2005 #15

 

SEA SNAKES OF FIRE MOUNTAIN

Diving Adventure, 2008 #5

Fathoms, Fall 2004 #12

 

IN KENNEDY’S WAKE: THE SOLOMON ISLANDS

Diving Adventure, 2008 #6

 

STOP CHASING DIGITAL CAMERA INNOVATIONS

Undercurrent, August 2008

 

RISKY BUSINESS

Diver, November 2008

 

SURFACE SURVIVAL

Diving Adventure, 2009 #7

 

A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE ON INNOVATIONS IN DIVING

Undercurrent, March 2009

 

INDONESIA’S SPICE ISLANDS: AN ODYESSEY THROUGH HISTORY

Diving Adventure, 2009 #8

 

THAR SHE BLOWS!

Down East, August 2009  (Primary author and photographer)

 

MEETING WITH MAINE’S CETACEAN VISITORS

Down East, August 2009

 

WHALES VS. BUREAUCRATS

Down East, August 2009

 

INTRO TO: THE DIVER OF THE FUTURE

Undercurrent, 2009 (on-line version)

 

MARITIME TRIVIA

Undercurrent, 2009 (on-line version)

 

NO PROBLEM!

Undercurrent, 2009 (on-line version)

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #10, March 2013

 

HONING THE SURVIVAL EDGE: Attitude and Awareness

Undercurrent, 2009 (on-line version)

 

STUPID DIVER RULES

Undercurrent, 2009 (on-line version)

 

DIVE SHOPS NEED TO GET THEIR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT

Undercurrent, 2009 (on-line version)

 

SEA SNAKES OF FIRE MOUNTAIN

Undercurrent, 2009 (on-line version)

 

GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE

Undercurrent, 2009 (on-line version)

 

SHARK ATTACK!

Undercurrent, 2009 (on-line version)

 

ANATOMY OF A DIVE LAWSUIT-PART ONE

Undercurrent, September 2009

 

ANATOMY OF A DIVE LAWSUIT-PART TWO

Undercurrent, November 2009

 

DEMYSTIFYING RECOMPRESSION CHAMBERS

Undercurrent, 2009 (on-line version)

 

SOS (DECO METER): SERIOUS OR SILLY?

Diver, August 2009

 

HERE THERE BE DRAGONS!

Undercurrent, 2009 (on-line version)

 

SURVIVING THE SURFACE

Diver, October 2009

 

NIGHTMARES OF THE SCUBA POLICE

Undercurrent, 2009 (on-line version)

 

ON THE ROAD WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Undercurrent, 2009 (on-line version

 

APPRECIATING THE WHALE

Undercurrent, 2010 (on-line version)

 

DRESS FOR SUCCESS

Undercurrent, 2010 (on-line version)

 

FREE DIVING HAZARDS

Undercurrent, 2010 (on-line version)

 

RESCUED!

Undercurrent, 2010 (on-line version)

 

SUBMERSIBLE STRESS!

Undercurrent, 2010 (on-line version)

 

TRAVEL TIPS FOR 2010

Undercurrent, 2010 (on-line version)

 

THE RHONE: A WRECK FOR THE AGES

Undercurrent, 2010 (on-line version)

 

YOU CAN’T GET THERE FROM HERE!

Undercurrent, 2010 (on-line version)

 

DIVE TRAINING-OLD v. NEW

Undercurrent, 2010 (on-line version)

 

THE NAVIGATOR’S GRANDSON

Undercurrent, 2010 (on-line version)

Diver, August 2010

 

DAN’S FATALITY WORKSHOP…And the Presentation That Was Censored

Undercurrent, July 2010 (contains formal paper preamble “Causation Elements”)

 

HDS HONORS BONIN: Scubapro Founder Recipient of Pioneer Award

The Journal of Diving History, Vol. 18 Issue 2 #63 Spring 2010

 

ALL DIVING EXPERIENCE IS GOOD

Undercurrent, 2010 (on-line version)

 

LOST IN TRANSLATION

Undercurrent, 2010 (on-line version)

 

HELPFUL HINTS AND OBSERVATIONS

Undercurrent, 2010 (on-line version)

 

A PERSONAL OVERVIEW OF ACCIDENTS & RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE RECREATIONAL DIVING INDUSTRY

Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Journal, Spums & Eubs, New Zealand, September 2010

 

REMEMBERING WES SKILES

The Journal of Diving History, Vol. 18 Issue 3 #64 Summer 2010

Diver, August 2010

 

SCUBAPRO’S MARK V REGULATOR: An Icon of Innovation

The Journal of Diving History, Vol. 18 Issue 3 #64 Summer 2010

 

YAP: DON’T MISS IT!

Undercurrent, 2010 (on-line version)

 

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

Undercurrent, 2010 (on-line version)

 

TIPS & OBSERVATIONS: An Unofficial Guide to the Ups & Downs of Diving

Diver, September 2010

 

THE RISKS OF OXYGEN AT INCREASED DEPTH

Undercurrent, September 2010

 

THERE’S A COCKROACH IN MY REGULATOR: BOOK REVIEW

The Journal of Diving History, Vol. 18 Issue 4 #65 Fall 2010

 

SOME PERSPECTIVE ON TECHNICAL DIVING

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #1 December 2010

 

HISTORY OF DEEP DIVING

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #1 December 2010

 

INTO THE DEEP

Undercurrent, 2010 (on-line version)

 

DIVEMASTERS IN AMERICAN WATERS: Do They Fall Under Coast Guard Regulations?

Undercurrent, January 2011

 

DIVE DEATH RESPONSIBILITY

Undercurrent, February 2011 (contributing editor)

 

BVI: Tranquil Virgins

Undercurrent 2011 (on-line version)

 

DICK BONIN; FOUNDER OF SCUBAPRO

Undercurrent, 2011 (on-line version)

 

WRECK DIVING: A DIVER’S ADVENTURE

Undercurrent, 2011 (on-line version)

 

SO YOU WANT TO CLIMB MT. EVEREST?

Undercurrent, 2011 (on-line version)

 

SHARK STROKING

Fathoms, Fall 2002 #5

Undercurrent, 2010 (on-line version)

 

A PRACTICAL DISCUSSION OF NITROGEN NARCOSIS

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #2 March 2011

 

BEHIND THE 1990s CONTROVERSY OVER TECHNICAL DIVING

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #2 March 2011

 

DEALING WITH DENIAL

Diver, MARCH 2011 (VOL. 36, ISSUE 5)

 

A DOG’S TALE… WAGGING GOODBYE

Undercurrent, 2011 (on-line version)

Diver, May 2011 (VOL. 36, ISSUE 6)

 

BRET GILLIAM CHIMES IN ON AN “INEXCUSABLE ERROR”

Undercurrent, May 2011

 

INTERVIEW WITH AL GIDDINGS

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #3, June 2011

 

STRESS IN DIVING

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #3, June 2011

Undercurrent, 2011 (on-line version)

 

ANATOMY OF A DIVING LAW SUIT

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #4, August 2011

 

INTERVIEW WITH BOB HOLLIS

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #4, August 2011

 

ANATOMY OF A DIVING LAW SUIT

Diver Magazine, November 2011 (on-line version)

 

THE USE OF TRIAL EXHIBITS BY EXPERT WITNESSES IN LITIGATION

Undercurrent, 2011 (on-line version)

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #5, December 2011

Diver, December 2011 (Vol. 37, Issue #1)

 

INTERVIEW WITH HOWARD HALL

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #5, December 2011

 

INTERVIEW WITH ZALE PARRY

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #6, December 2011

 

COCOS ISLAND: AN OCEAN OASIS

Undercurrent, 2011 (on-line version)

 

RED CORAL: BOOK REVIEW

The Journal of Diving History, Vol. 19 Issue 4, #69, Fall 2011

 

HUMPBACKS: A BLACK & WHITE ISSUE

Diver, January 2012

 

REMEMBERING MIKE deGRUY

SDI/TDI/ERDI Member News, February 2012 (on-line version)

The Journal of Diving History, Vol. 20 Issue 1, #70, Winter 2012

Undercurrent, 2012 (on-line version)

 

BOB HOLLIS AND OCEANIC CELEBRATE 40 YEARS

The Journal of Diving History, Vol. 20 Issue 1, #70, Winter 2012

 

THE "DISCOVER SCUBA DIVING PROGRAMS": HERE'S WHERE THE DEATHS HAPPEN

Undercurrent, March 2012 (contributing author)

 

A SHOCK TO DIVERS’ HEARTS

Undercurrent, March 2012

 

INTERVIEW WITH BRET GILLIAM

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #6, April 2012

 

NITROGEN NARCOSIS: A CRITICAL CONVERSATION

Diver, June 2012 (Vol. 37, Issue #4)

 

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON DIVE TABLES

Undercurrent, 2012 (on-line version)

 

A PRACTICAL DISCUSSION OF NITROGEN NARCOSIS

Undersea JournalL, July 2012 (on-line version)

 

INTERVIEW WITH MIKE deGRUY

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #7, June 2012

 

DCS TREATMENT IN DEPTH

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #8, September 2012

 

SO YOU WANT YOU CLIMB MT. EVEREST?

Diver, September 2012 (Vol. 37, Issue #6)

 

UNMASKING THE LONE RANGER

Undercurrent, November 2012

 

UNDER STRESS

Diver, November 2012 (Vol. 37, Issue #8)

 

BLUE WATER, WHITE GODDESS

Undercurrent, 2012 (on-line version)

 

BOB HOLLIS AND OCEANIC CELEBRATE 40 YEARS

Invertum #3 November 2012 (Russian language)

 

INTERVIEW WITH WES SKILES

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #9, December 2012

 

SUBMERSIBLE STRESS

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #9, January 2013

 

THE NAVIGATOR’S GRANDSON

The Journal of Diving History, Vol. 20 Issue 4, #73, Fall 2012

 

INTERVIEW WITH JOHN CHATTERTON

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #10, March 2013

 

WATERMAN DOWN! Great White Shark Dive 2012

The Journal of Diving History, Vol. 21 Issue 1, #73, Winter 2013 (Photographer for article)

 

DIVE TABLES AND DECOMPRESSION MODELS

Diver, May 2013, Vol. 38, Issue #4

 

INTERVIEW WITH BOB BALLARD

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #11, July 2013

 

DEMA’s REACHING OUT AWARD… NOT WORTH WINNING

Undercurrent, July 2013

 

FILMING NAVY SUBS AND ZEN MEDITATION IN THE DEEP

Undercurrent, 2013 (on-line version)

 

INTERVIEW WITH STAN WATERMAN

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #12, September 2013

 

ZACATON: THE TRAGIC DEATH OF SHECK EXLEY

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #12, September 2013

Undercurrent, 2013 (on-line version)

 

SANTA BARBARA UNDERWATER FILM FESTIVAL

“Ernie Brooks: Visionary Underwater Photographer

Main Program, September 14, 2013

 

DIVE TRAINING TODAY… A PERSPECTIVE

Diver, November 2013 Vol. 38, Issue #8

 

CERTIFYING A LEGEND: HANS HASS

Ocean Geographic, November 2013 Issue #26 10/2013

 

INTERVIEW WITH PAUL HUMANN

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #13, December 2013

 

WHAT SSI’s SALE MEANS TO DIVERS

Undercurrent,  February 2014

 

THE STRANGE CASE OF A MISSING DIVER IN THE CAYMANS

Undercurrent, February 2014

 

THE DECLINE OF DIVE TRAINING: Part One

Undercurrent, March 2014

 

THE DECLINE OF DIVE TRAINING: Part Two

Undercurrent, April 2014

 

THE HAZARDS OF FREE DIVING

Undercurrent,  March 2014

 

REMOTE DIVE SITE DECOMPRESSION ILLNESS: HOW TO SAVE A DIVER’S LIFE

International Training Inc., Stuart, FL,  March 2014

 

INTERVIEW WITH GREG MACGILLIVRAY

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #14, April 2014

 

INTERVIEW WITH CHUCK NICKLIN

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #15, May 2014

 

REMOTE DIVE SITE DECOMPRESSION ILLNESS: WHEN EVACUATION IS NOT AN OPTION

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #16, August 2014

 

THE HAZARDS OF FREE DIVING

Diver, September VOL. 39, ISSUE #6

 

REMOTE DIVE SITE CONTINGENCIES: WHEN EVACUATION IS NOT AN OPTION

Undercurrent, September 2014 (online version)

 

DROP THE TRAVEL WEIGHT: Part Two

Undercurrent, August 2014 (contributing author)

 

WHY DID THIS SHARK DIVER DISAPPEAR?

Undercurrent, August 2014 (contributing author)

 

DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT

International Training Inc., Update to Instructor & Divers 2014

 

INTERVIEW WITH PETER BENCHLEY

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #16, September 2014

 

ALOHA TO RICKY GRIGG: DIVER, SURFER, SCIENTIST 1937-2014

The Journal of Diving History, Vol. 22, #79, 2nd Quarter 2014

 

SHOULD DIVER CERTIFICATION BE FOREVER?

Diver, November VOL. 39, ISSUE #7

 

INTERVIEW WITH BEV MORGAN

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #17, November 2014

 

RISK MANAGEMENT IN DIVING

Tech Diving Magazine, Issue #17, November 2014

 

SHOULD DIVER CERTIFICATION BE FOREVER?

Undercurrent, January 2015

 

LOOKING BACK ON INNOVATING DECOMPRESSION PROTOCOLS TO EXPEDITE WATER EXITS

International Training Inc., Stuart, FL,  Aril 2015

 

LOOKING BACK ON INNOVATING DECOMPRESSION PROTOCOLS TO EXPEDITE WATER EXITS

Undercurrent, April 2015

 

LE CERTIFCAT DE PLONGEUR DEVRAIT-IL ETRE PERMANENT

En Profoundeur, April 2015 Volume 14 #03

 

138 METER: DER TIEFSTE TAUCHGANG MIT PRESSLUFT

Unterwasser, May 2015 (Germany)

 

SHARKS KEEP MESSING WITH MY WALLET

Undercurrent, July 2015

 

DRUGS AND SEX AND ROCK & ROLL

Unterwasser, September 2015 (Germany)

 

A FATAL ATTEMPT AT A WORLD RECORD

Undercurrent, September 2015

 

A PRACTICAL DISCUSSION OF NITROGEN NARCOSIS

Undercurrent, September 2015

 

LOOKING BACK ON INNOVATING DECOMPRESSION PROTOCOLS TO EXPEDITE WATER EXITS

Tech Diving Magazine, September 2015

 

A PRACTICAL DISCUSSION OF NITROGEN NARCOSIS

Tech Diving Magazine, September 2015

 

Articles for photography only by Bret Gilliam:

International Advertising Campaign: Dept. of Tourism U.S. Virgin Islands

1976-1984 (Worldwide publications and press)

 

THE OCEAN SPIRIT

Cruise Magazine, June/July 1989 (text by Sue & Norm Gulkis)

 

LOVEBOAT!

Aquanaut, August 1989 (text by Dietmar Fuchs)

 

OCEAN QUEST’S SUPER CRUISER FOR DIVERS

Skin Diver September 1989 (text by Greg Johnston)

 

GO WEST!

Aquanaut, October 1989 (porfolion of photography)

 

DIVING AND CRUISING IN STYLE ABOARD OCEAN SPIRIT

DISCOVER DIVING, January/February 1990 (text by Michael Steidley)

 

OCEAN QUEST

Pacific Diver, March/April 1990

 

THE CRUISE INTO AQUAVENTURE

Atlantica, Spring 1990 (text by Atli Steinarsson)

 

OCEAN SPIRIT EXPANDS ITS FLEET

Pacific Diver, May/June 1990

 

OCEAN SPIRIT: COMBINE DIVING WITH A LUXURY LINER LIFESTYLE

Skin Diver, June 1990 (text by Greg Johnnston)

 

MASTERING ADVANCED DIVING: TECHNOLOGY & TECHNIQUES

Mosby-Lifeline, 1995 (NAUI Textbook)

 

ADVENTURES IN SCUBA DIVING

Mosby-Lifeline, 1995 (NAUI Textbook)

 

SCUBA RESCUE: SKILLS & TECHNIQUES

Mosby-Lifeline, 1995 (NAUI Textbook)

 

LOOKING BACK ON INNOVATING DECOMPRESSION PROTOCOLS TO EXPEDITE WATER EXITS

Tech Diving Magazine, #20, September 2015

 

A PRIMER FOR NAUTICAL TERMS & MARITIME TRIVIA

Tech Diving Magazine, #20, Decamber 2015

 

A Practical Discussion of Nitrogen Narcosis

Tech Diving Magazine, #20, September 2015

 

CONSIDERATIONS OF OXYGEN IN DIVING GAS MIXTURES

Undercurrent, October 2015

Tech Diving Magazine, #21, March 2016

 

DIVING VESSEL INSPECTIONS: NOT ALL INSURED VESSELS
HAVE BEEN THROUGHLY CHECKED

Undercurrent, January 2016

 

EVEN THE BEST PLANS GO AWRY

Undercurrent, January 2016

Tech Diving Magazine, #21, March 2016

 

DICK BONIN: MARCH 24, 1930-DECEMBER 8, 2015

The Journal of Diving History, First Quarter 2016, Vol 24, No 86

 

REMEMBERING DICK BONIN

The Journal of Diving History, First Quarter 2016, Vol 24, No 86

 

HONING THE SURVIVAL EDGE

Tech Diving Magazine, #22, May 2016

 

DIE SALOMONEN: AUF KENNEDYS SPUREN

Unterwasser Magazine, June 2016

 

SEAMANSHIP FOR DIVERS

Tech Diving Magazine, #23, September 2016

 

WAITING FOR THE LIGHT

Tech Diving Magazine, #24, October 2016

 

SUGGESTES PROTOCOL FOR EMERGENCY IN-WATER RECOMPRESSION

Tech Diving Magazine, #25, December 2016

Undercurrent, January 2017

 

MICHELE & HOWARD HALL: A LIFE AND PARTNERSHIP DEDICATED TO OCEAN FILM

Blancpain "Fifty Fathoms" Special Edition, for Hans Hass Award, December 2016

 

THE RHONE: A WRECK FOR THE AGES

Tech Diving Magazine, #25, March 2017

 

EXPLORING DIVE REGULATIONS

Diver, Vol. 42 No. 2, March 2017

 

MARITIME LINGO

Maine Boats & Harbors, March/April 2017

 

HANGING WITH THE HUMPBACKS

Tech Diving Magazine, September 2017

 

DER ENKEL DES NAVIGATORS

Unterwasser, December 2017

 

INTERVIEW WITH BEV MORGAN

The Ocean Magazine, January/February 2018

 

WAITING FOR THE LIGHT

Undercurrent, January 2018

 

SCHLANGEN LINIE

Unterwasser, January 2018

 

STRESS IN DIVING

Undercurrent, May 2018

 

DISCOVER SCUBA DIVING COURSE LEADS TO FATALITY

Undercurrent, July 2018

 

CONSIDERATIONS OF OXYGEN

Undercurrent, August 2018

 

ARE TRAINING AGENCIES TURNING A BLIND EYE TO DEAD MAN DIVING?

Undercurrent, September 2018

 

IS THIS DIVER CARRYING TOO MUCH WEIGHT?

Undercurrent, November 2018

 

BEV MORGAN: FAREWELL TO A TRUE DIVING PIONEER

Academy of Underwater Arts & Science, November 2018

 

DISCOVER SCUBA DIVING IS DEADLY: Two More Fatalities

UNDERCURRENT, February 2019

 

SHOULD DIVE GUIDES BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR SAFETY?

UNDERCURRENT, May 2019

 

DON'T IGNORE THAT DIVE INJURY

UNDERCURRENT, May 2019

 

DIVING VESSEL INSPECTIONS: NOT ALL INSURED VESSELS HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY CHECKED

UNDERCURRENT, November 2019

 

PARENTS SUE PADI OVER THE DEATH OF THEIR 13-YEAR OLD SON

UNDERCURRENT, November 2019