Dear Team Member,

I hope this message finds you healthy and well. We got some great feedback on our last trip, more vaccine updates, a chance to own a piece of Chernobyl, and a little teaser for a good read. Let’s get straight to it!

NEW TESTIMONIALS

It is always very touching to receive testimonials from our guests, and we are very proud to have a huge selection from all our destinations on our website.

Jimmy Gadomski, a captain for a Historic Shipwreck Salvage operation was the first of our Egypt group to speak out about their 3 week expedition to the Red Sea in March. The team enjoyed some of the best land/boat-based diving Egypt has to offer, ranging from the Blue Hole in Dahab to some of the best wrecks in the Red Sea with our top-notch operations.

Although we have strong roots in Egypt, it’s not a destination we offer regularly so it was really fun to make a custom expedition for a great team.

You can read Jimmy´s testimonial and 35 more in-depth HERE

TRUK LAGOON VACCINE UPDATE

With our friends on the M/V Odessey doing a great job providing accommodation and logistical support for local medical personnel administering COVID vaccinations to residents living on remote islands in the atoll, things are looking great for Truk Lagoon.

Should the vaccination campaign keep going at the pace it is now, it is estimated Truk could have the vaccination needed for herd immunity in as little as 3 months. As always, we will keep you updated on all further developments towards the journey of our favorite wreck meccas reopening.

Get in touch to book your trip to Truk Lagoon!

#TEAMDD IN SCUBADIVING.COM FEATURE

Diving Magazine “Scuba Diving” wrote a story about some of the hardest to get to/best wreck dives on the planet. Needless to say, #teamdd was reached out to for a story.

The article will be coming out at the end of this month and you can subscribe to the magazine HERE.

OWN A PIECE OF CHERNOBYL

Alex, our expedition leader in Chernobyl reached out to us this week and presented us with this incredible gift. It is a 1,3kg bolt designed especially for the construction of the New Safe Confinement of Chernobyl NPP.

This bolt is original but never used. Why these bolts are so special? There are more than 600,000 connections inside the NSC. The problem was, that traditional manual checking whether each bolt tied up properly or not would take an incredibly long time.

Therefore, these bolts made from pre-tensioned steel and equipped with an indicator "tail" (it is that polygonal tip on the end). Also, a special electric wrench head was designed. Once the connection tied properly, the inner tension will release making the indicator fall apart.

Alex has a couple more left that he is using to fund a new project he is working on. If you want to get your hand on one, let us know.

That wraps it up for this week. We are at the airport so we have to keep this one short.

We look forward to some great adventures with you in the years to come and as always, don’t forget, if you are feeling lonely, then we are here to chat Dirty.

Best,

Aron Arngrímsson and the DDE Team