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saturation diving

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saturation diving
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) a method of diving in which divers live in a complex of decompression chambers for up to 28 days, going to work via a diving bell, and only decompressing at the end of the period. Helium is substituted for nitrogen in the air supply to avoid the narcotic effects of nitrogen


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And at the other extreme, you've got the day rate for saturation diving, which is about pounds 1200.
I did saturation diving, where I was down for 30 days at a stretch.
He'll always be the great guy everyone loved Pressure job SATURATION diving is a technique which allows deep-sea divers almost unlimited time t o work at depths of up to 300 feet.
 
 
 
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