Sea World

COLD-BLOODED KILLERS

Unfortunately no universal protection from shark attacks on  people has been found yet. Perhaps, one of the ways to keep sharks away from swimmers is to install stainless steel netting along beaches. Mesh barriers are often torn as a result of storms and corrosion though, however, they do provide some relative safety. So, if you are going on a trip to an exotic place keep in mind that you will have to be careful when it comes to dealing with the severe and unpredictable element of  the sea. Safety at some resorts is high, at others — lower. However, those cold-blooded killers are everywhere. The number of man-eating sharks is rising annually.

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To The North pole… under the parachute canopy

In early August of this year, Russians, in order to prove their claim for the shelf of Eurasia in the Arctic Ocean, went down in a bathyscaph to the bottom of the Arctic right into the North Pole. The Kyivate Volodymyr Kuznetsov, however, jumped with a parachute onto the Pole. We met with the experienced ice paratrooper to hear his story about the jump that has proved that Ukrainian parachutejumpers have no equals. Volodymyr Kuznetsov has 3,715 jumps with a parachute under his belt and is considered to be one of the most experienced sky-divers, one of the first tandem masters of Ukraine, and one of the first air cameramen. He did his first parachute jump far back in 1962. He . has become the record-breaker of the world in this kind of sport ever since. Besides, seven years ago, Volodymyr Kuznetsov jumped on the North Pole. The number of seven is symbolic for parachutists. Читати далі…