Agnes Milowka

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Agnes Milowka
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Agnes Milowka (born December 23, 1981 in Częstochowa , Poland ; † February 27, 2011 ) was an Australian cave diver , marine researcher and underwater photographer . She gained international fame as a speaker and author on diving and marine archeology . She dived to greater depths in cave systems in Australia and Florida than others before. She died at the age of 29 in a diving accident during a cave exploration.

Live and act

The Milowkas family moved from Poland to Melbourne at an early age . From 1994 to 1999 Milowka attended the Caulfield Grammar School and graduated with the Victorian Certificate of Education . She studied history and Australian studies at the University of Melbourne , marine archeology at Flinders University and business, marketing and event management at Victoria University , completing these studies with a bachelor's degree. From 2003 to 2005 she was President of the Underwater Club at Melbourne University.

She published numerous film reports of her diving expeditions on YouTube .

Diving expeditions and successes (selection)

In 2009, she and James Arundale explored the cave system of the Elk River, which at more than 1,400 meters is the longest continuous river passage in Victoria, Australia to date. The expedition was coordinated by the Victorian Speleological Association.

On another expedition in 2009 near Cocklebiddy, she reached the midpoint of the Craig Challen route, setting the record for the longest cave dive in Australia by a woman. She was part of the National Geographic Nova TV special expedition to the Bahamas Blue Holes in December 2008. This was followed by an expedition in October 2009 in Queensland . Milowka participated in the filming of the 3D diving film Sanctum from James Cameron with where she was Stuntwomen worked.

death

She was separated from her dive buddy while exploring Tank Cave in South Australia , one of the largest and most complex cave systems in the world. When the mud was thrown up, she lost her bearings, couldn't find her way back and died of a lack of oxygen. The recovery of the dead turned out to be difficult because the body of the diver was 600 meters in the very narrow cave system.

Publications

  • Let's Talk About ... The S Word. In: Guidelines. Cave Divers Association of Australia, August 31, 2013 ( techdivingmag.com ).
  • Heaven is a place on earth. In: Guidelines. No. 102, Cave Divers Association of Australia Newsletter December 2007.
  • Why Ginnie and I are like peas and carrots. In: Guidelines. No. 105, Cave Divers Association of Australia Newsletter September 2008.
  • Virgin Territory: Devil's Eye past the restriction. In: Guidelines. No. 106 Cave Divers Association of Australia Newsletter December 2008.
  • Deep holes in the ground that will blow your mind: Bahamas. In: Guidelines. No. 108 Cave Divers Association of Australia Newsletter June 2009.
  • Mission Spring. In: Guidelines. No. 110, Cave Divers Association of Australia Newsletter December 2009.
  • Cave diving in Victoria: Exploration of the Elk River streamway (with Jim Arundale).
  • Cave Divers Association of Australia Newsletter. In: Guidelines No. 111 March 2010.
  • In the heart of Tiger's Eye. In: Guidelines. No. 112 Cave Divers Association of Australia Newsletter June 2010.
  • Virgin Territory: Devil's Eye Cave System Beyond Restriction. In: Underwater Speleology. Volume 36/1.
  • Deep holes. Unraveling The Mysteries Of The Bahamas. In: Underwater Speleology . Volume 36/2.
  • Mission Spring Exploration. In: Underwater Speleology. Volume 36/3.
  • The Elk River Streamway: A hump to a sump. In: Underwater Speleology. Volume 37/1.
  • Eye of the Tiger: On expedition in Tassie. In: Underwater Speleology. Volume 37/2.
  • with James Toland: The Taming Continues: The Peacock to Baptizing Connection. In: Underwater Speleology. Volume 38/1.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Doug Robertson and Ken McGregor: Diver calm to end as death closed in In: The Advertiser . March 2, 2011 (English, adelaidenow.com.au ). Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  2. ↑ Megan Levy: Police struggle to reach diver lost in cave mazeh. In: The Sydney Morning Herald. March 1, 2011 (English, smh.com.au ). Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  3. ^ Website Agnes Milowka (English).
  4. ^ Films by Agnes Milowka on YouTube.
  5. ^ Cave diving in Victoria: Exploration of the Elk River streamway (with Jim Arundale). Cave Divers Association of Australia Newsletter Guidelines No. 111 March 2010 (English) ..
  6. ↑ Brian Kakuk: Hi Warg Mug Hi . Underwater Speleology, Volume 37 Number 4. National Speleological Society Cave Diving Section. September 2011 (English).
  7. ↑ Royce Kurmelovs: Cave diving in the Nullarbor Plain is like a trip into space. In: Vice. November 20, 2015 ( vice.com ) Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  8. ↑ Liza Kappelle: Underwater caves a passion for lost diver. In: The Sydney Morning Harald. February 28, 2011 ( smh.com.au ). Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  9. ^ Megan Levy: Grim task to retrieve lost diver Agnes . The Sydney Morning Herald, February 28, 2011 .. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Milowka, Agnes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian cave diver and marine explorer
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Częstochowa , Poland
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 2011