Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 03:34:31 +0300
From: kuwait diving team <diver@ncc.moc.kw>
Subject: kuwait diving team

dear mr Robert Simms,
     
      while looking for more information or web sites on the net about 
    Jacques-Yves Cousteau, I found your homepage 
   and it't very interesting
   i'd like to ask if there is an e-mail for the society or for mr. Cousteau
   that you know.
   
         we are a local team from KUWAIT who's members are all young kuwaiti
      volanteers. our main interest is to clean and protect the marine
      environment in kuwait ( Please read the introduction of the TEAM bellow)
     
        yours truly

      abdul al-fadhel

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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 10:32:38 +0300

dear Robert
      Thank you for adding our e-mail message to the Cousteau page. 
   we would like to contact mr Cousteau to tell him that we will be 
   honored to participate in the recovering of his ship Calypso. 
      We have a good experience in salvaging sunken boats ( a world record
   of 150 boats by volunteer amateures, boats sizes up to 120 ft.)- the
   last one was only two weeks ago.
      last week we received an award from the United Nations for our effort in 
   cleaning the marine environment after the Kuwait war from all the sunken 
   boats. 
      please stop by our new home page this sunday 01-28-96, there
   will be more information about the team.
      and i will also not forget to add a link to your page.
  
                                                 diver

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            Kuwait Diving Team For Rescue & Salvage
 
  MARINE ENVIRONMENT AMATEURS ASSOCIATION 
  KUWAIT SCIENCE CLUB
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 THE BEGINNING:
 In December 25th, 1991 the members of the Marine Environment Amateurs        
Association which is a part of the Kuwait Science Club felt the necessity to  
build a specialized local team to face and deal with the marine environment

pollution caused by the Iraqis during the occupation of Kuwait. Their job was to
salvage the great number of boats and yachts that the Iraqi enemy had sunk in 
beaches and sea clubs in Kuwait. The team was given the name "KUWAIT DIVING TEAM
FOR RESCUE AND SALVAGE".

 TEAM MEMBERS:
 The team started with thirty (30) qualified scuba divers and marine navigators,
 all of which were volunteered amateurs holding international licenses in these 
 fields, and all of them were members of Kuwait science club.

 EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTS:
 The team began its work using the members personal equipment, and simple     
salvaging methods, until they could aquier professional salvage equipment's
such as lift bags (PARACHUTES) and cranes.

 OBJECTIVES:
 -Top stop marine pollution resulting from the boats and yachts that Iraqis had
  sunk.
 -To qualify local Kuwaiti staff specialized in rescue, salvage operations and
  environmental projects.
 -To encourage voluntary work to reconstruct Kuwait.


 TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENT From Dec.25,1991 To Aug.4,1995
 1- Salvaging 45 grapples measuring all together 400 meters, weighting 234 tons
    and having an area of 1049 square meters al Al-Fahaheel Sea Club.
 2- Making comprehensive survey operations to all sea clubs at which the team 
    worked, and reporting about the type of pollution and deposits at seabed.
 3- Filming all salvaging operations using special under water photography and
    video cameras and making a documentary film about the team.


 OBSTACLES:
 1- Lack of experience in salvaging operation, yet after a very short period of
    time, the team overcome this obstacle.
 2- Cold water, weather instability and heat in working site.
 3- Obscurity "Zero Visibility" at diving sites duw to the muddy type of seabed.
 4- Risk of working under such boats & yachts as they stayed for along time   
    under weather which make them prone to cracks and breaks.
 5- Existence of ammunitions, mines, thorny wires and iron obstacles that the 
    oppressor Iraqis had laid.
 6- Working for long period under water increases the susceptibility to diving
    diseases.
 7- Suspended fishing materials such as nets, threads, hooks and ropes which can
    be dangerous to divers.


  please see home page at http://ncc.moc.kw/Users/diver/diver.html
  Any comments to : diver@moc.kw
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