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<br /> January 2021 | £4.50<br /> Rays of<br /> hope<br /> Memories of<br /> an inspirational<br /> Swanage<br /> summer<br /> SCUBA Shorts – the winner<br /> Meet the winner of our story writing contest<br /> Christmas book reviews<br /> Sharks, rays and chimaeras · Scapa Flow<br /> · The Thistlegorm · UK dive sites<br /> The Columnists<br /> · Paul Cox on shark<br /> liver oil in Covid<br /> vaccinations<br /> · Kirsty Andrews<br /> on the demise of<br /> the mask bucket<br /> · Yo-Han Cha on how<br /> 2020 changed our lives<br /> Long<br /> term test<br /> Evaluating<br /> O'Three's<br /> 90Ninety drysuit<br /> after its first<br /> UK season<br /> DRYSUITS | WETSUITS | NEOPRENE ACCESSORIES<br /> We are closer than you think, *wherever you live, with<br /> our FREE home tting service.<br /> DELVE DEEPER www.othree.co.uk/sofa<br /> Suits supplied complete<br /> and ready to dive with:<br /> · Apeks Valves and hose<br /> <a title="iSCUBA_110_January 2021 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/c414a42b?page=1"> January 2021 | £4.50 Rays of hope Memories of a</a> <a title="iSCUBA_110_January 2021 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/c414a42b?page=2"> DRYSUITS | WETSUITS | NEOPRENE ACCESSORIES We </a> <a title="iSCUBA_110_January 2021 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/c414a42b?page=3"> Welcome Much has been written about the beneficia</a> <a title="iSCUBA_110_January 2021 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/c414a42b?page=4"> PUBLISHED BY: In2 Publishing Ltd, PO Box 7492 </a> <a title="iSCUBA_110_January 2021 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/c414a42b?page=5"> 6 SCUBA HUB All the latest BSAC news, </a> <a title="iSCUBA_110_January 2021 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/c414a42b?page=6"> SCUBAHUB BSAC chair Maria Harwood (top) leads </a> <a title="iSCUBA_110_January 2021 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/c414a42b?page=7"> Digital shop for training materials BSAC HAS LAUN</a> <a title="iSCUBA_110_January 2021 page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/c414a42b?page=8"> print bi-monthly SCUBA returns to SCUBA MAGAZINE</a> <a title="iSCUBA_110_January 2021 page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/c414a42b?page=9"> SCUBAHUB Grant aid to encourage instru</a> <a title="iSCUBA_110_January 2021 page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/c414a42b?page=10"> Formidable divers win Expedition Trophy THE </a> <a title="iSCUBA_110_January 2021 page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/c414a42b?page=11"> Recommended READS SCUBA takes an in-depth lo</a> <a title="iSCUBA_110_January 2021 page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/c414a42b?page=12"> Wild and Temperate Seas 50 Favourite UK dives BY</a> <a title="iSCUBA_110_January 2021 page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/c414a42b?page=13"> SCUBAHUB job explaining the dark delights of Sca</a> <a title="iSCUBA_110_January 2021 page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/c414a42b?page=14"> SCUBAHUB tha</a> <a title="iSCUBA_110_January 2021 page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/c414a42b?page=15"> RED SEA - 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