The Great Barrier Reef, Rotting Fish, Cornish Fishermen & Spanish Caves

 are some of the delights at the 'London Dive Lectures 2012'


Date: Friday 10th February 2012

Time: 6.30pm (doors open at 6pm)

Location: The Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR

For the 2012 'London Dive Lectures' the LDC are bringing back two of their ever-popular speakers to the Royal Geographical Society. This event, run by The London Diving Chamber, will once again be awakening your imagination, taking you to the edges of exploration and entertaining you all.

This year the LDC are delighted to have record-breaking cave diver, Rick Stanton and BBC presenter, Monty Halls speaking. 

The 'London Dive Lectures' are held in support of Scuba Trust - a charity devoted to giving people with physical disabilities an equal opportunity to experience the pleasure and excitement of scuba diving and the underwater world. 

Entrance will be free, but please help fill those Scuba Trust buckets on the night and let's make sure they beat last year's fantastic donation.

To register, please click here - http://www.londondivingchamber.co.uk/index.php?id=events&page=4

Rick Stanton

Rick will be telling the story of his recent and ongoing cave diving explorations at Pozo Azul in northern Spain. This site consists of a linear cave passage where the journey to the furthest reaches involves more than 9km of diving through flooded tunnels.

During the last three years a strong team of UK divers plus one Dutch colleague, have been mounting a large-scale project at this site, which has resulted in the worlds longest cave diving penetration.

The presentation will be about these expeditions along with tales of events, the equipment and techniques used for such long range diving.

Rick will try to portray what it is like to spend forty eight hours inside this cave beyond the reach of any outside assistance.

Monty Halls

Monty will talk about his series filmed on the Great Barrier Reef in 2010 - a truly ground breaking exploration of the largest natural structure on planet earth. There is the story behind being wedged in a cave with lots of rotting fish and excited sharks, of encountering curious whales, various filming firsts, and the experience of making a series with the globally renowned Natural History Unit.

He will also talk about a new series due out in early summer 2012. This has involved working as a fisherman in Cornwall, and tells the story of the last hunter gatherers on our island - the inshore fishing fleet. For this talk Monty will be joined by a special guest.