Over 70% of the surface of the earth is covered by water. It makes sense, therefore, to be conversant with water as a medium for travel, recreation and transport. For many a year travel by boat was the only available means of transportation away from one’s own land mass.
Underwater travel has its own benefits but also presents complex issues. Nevertheless, capability in the underwater realm is desirable for a variety of reasons. Maintenance of sea going vessels, the construction and maintenance of water based structures and research into the acquatic spere are all compelling reasons for attaining a degree of competence in this arena.
In the years before orbital satellites revolutionised communications, undersea cables were the most practical means of enabling bulk communications between aquatically separated lands. There is still significant reliance on submarine cables for large volume traffic between fixed points.
It is for these and for a multitude of other reasons that Barker Group Network encourages diver training.
