Reprinted from PHYSIOLOGY OF BREATH-HOLD DIVING AND THE AMA OF JAPAN Publication 1341, 1965 National Academy of Sciences—National Research Council ADAPTATION TO BREATH-HOLD DIVING
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During the training of submarine crews in submarine escape procedures, such as "free or buoyant ascent, "instructors at the escape training tank frequently hold their breath under water and perform "skin" dives to depths as great as 90 feet. The ascent is carried out by climbing up a'line. These diving maneuvers are similar to those practiced by sponge and pearl divers. The escape training tank at the New London Submarine Base (Fig. 1) afforded us an opportunity to study the pulmonary gas exchange during this type of diving^), and to follow up physiological changes in the tank instructors during their tour of duty.
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