Sentence examples for extreme divers from inspiring English sources

Yet these eight whales were tagged and followed on a U.S. Navy sonar training range, leading the scientists to suggest that Cuvier's beaked whales in this area may have adapted to human noise perhaps, in part, by becoming the most extreme of extreme divers.

The little-known species of beaked whales, cigar-shaped cetaceans with prominent snouts and which range from tropical to northern temperate seas, has long been considered one of the most extreme divers in the ocean, capable of reaching a depth of 1888 meters and staying below for 95 minutes.

Among pinnipeds, elephant seals are extreme divers that spend little time at the surface, which considerably impact the quality of both ARGOS and light-based geolocation tracks.

The study also demonstrates clearly how the behavior of this extreme diver is influenced strongly by local hydrography, ice cover, season and time of day.

For extreme depths, divers need an Atmospheric Dive Suit (ADS), a human-shaped submarine in which the operator is protected from water pressure by a hard shell.ADSs have undoubtedly become more sophisticated since the first clunky attempts in the 19th century.

The one underwater site that has been identified - thanks to the scallop dredgers – is set to be examined in greater detail this summer – either by extreme-depth divers or by remotely operated mini submarines equipped with cameras and grab arms.

Some people seek out adrenaline: auto racers, sky divers and extreme skiers.

Graham, a former cliff diver and extreme snowboarder, is one of 300 or so stuntpeople who work steadily and earn several hundred thousand dollars a year; he's also one of the industry's top wheelmen, whose specialty is the high fall.

The syndrome may cause exhilaration, giddiness, extreme anxiety, depression, or paranoia, depending on the individual diver and the diver's medical or personal history.

This is the most extreme of the freediving disciplines, in which the divers descend to a preordained target depth on a weighted sled, followed by a speedy return to the surface holding onto an air balloon.

As the majority of papers use tape transects (but with limited detail of how they were performed) we identified the three extreme cases in order to maximise differences in potential diver effects.