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Article: Beneath the waters of the Red Sea. (diving)
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- The Middle East
- Article date:
- May 1, 1997
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Dr. Erik Bjurstrom, a Swedish doctor employed at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, explores the underwater diving possibilities of the Red Sea.
Rich in marine life, the warm waters washing the vast swathes of the Arabian peninsula offer excellent diving. But the Red Sea in particular, lapping the shores of Saudi Arabia, offers a diversity of beautiful and fascinating life forms that make it a natural destination for dive enthusiasts.
Divers have been attracted to the Red Sea ever since the success in the 1950s of films such as Under The Red Sea made by the Austrian divers Hans and Lottie Hass and by Jacques Cousteau's memorable The Silent World.