J.W.Bird Company
xtremexplorer.com
Bird Shop & Aquariums
1034 Main Street
Winnipeg,  MB  R2W 3R1  Canada
jwbirdco@shaw.ca
henry@jwbirdco.com
Tel:. 204.582.1370
Fax.: 204.589.6491


Completed Expeditions
2005     Southern Vancouver Island underwater
2006     Roatan, Honduras underwater                    
2006      Antigua, WI underwater
2006      Central Vancouver Island and Quadra Island
Underwater and Bald Eagles
2007     Oahu Island Hawaii underwater
2007      Palau Island, Micronesia (Truk) underwater
and Jellyfish Lake
2007     Campbell River/Quadra Island (August)
2007     TECHNICAL DIVE TRAINING
Trimix Deep Deco

2008    Feb 1        Oahu, Hawaii
2008     Feb 4-5     Guam, site of 2 wrecks from different wars, on one site
        Tokai Maru of WWII   and  German Comoran of WWI
2008    Feb 7-16    Yap, Ulithi Atoll, Ngulu Atoll Micronesia
2008    Feb 22-29  More of PALAU, revisit many sites visited in 2007.
2008        Peleliu Island - 64 years after the unnecessary battle where 12000 men died.    
2008    Mar 1-7     Truk Lagoon (Chuuk), Micronesia
Mar 8-9          Pohnpei, Micronesia (Nan Madol)
2008    Continued TECHNICAL DIVING TRAINING
{Perfect Bouyancy, Trimix, Rebreather, Cave & Cavern, Rebreather}


MARSHALL ISLANDS
Bikini Atoll  
site of Nuclear bomb tests, among the wrecks resting here are
      the Japanese Admiral's ship during Pearl Harbor attack,  NAGATO,
      and Admiral Halsey's Aircraft Carrier SARATOGA.
Kwajalein    wreck of Prinz Eugen, NUKED twice at Bikini Atoll, not sunk there,
      it accompanied the Bismarck when the HMS Hood was sunk, survived
      WWII to sink upside-down with the stern out of the water at Kwajalein.

More of the Pacific - Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia
Red Sea, Maldives, Seychelles, Comoros, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia
Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.

GALAPAGOS ISLAND
, Strange and incredible creatures
   on land and offshore. Strong influence on Darwin.
COCOS Islands, Hammer Head Sharks, and more
   may be even Whale Sharks.

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