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[DiveCaptDean]

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Take a look at his site.. nordicdiver.com ...Bill was a huge part of great lakes technical shipwreck diving and exploration.  I think it is fari to say that just about everyone that is actively diving deep wrecks in Lake Superior, Michigan and Huron know of him.  He first started diving deep wrecks with Helium 20 years ago.  He spent his time diving ocean wrecks such as the Andria Doria, but found his favorite wrecks right here in the Lakes.  He was a USCG Master captain that ran his charter Nordic Diver out of Milwaukee.  For years he ran his charter from his larger motor yacht...but in the last 5 years or so, he kept that boat stationary and started trailering his second boat to distant locations..he was very commonly seen over in the Alpena area and up and down the three lakes.  Bill and the guys that were diving with him were doing stuff in the +375 ffw range and had been beyond 400 diving OC.  He was also known to find some new wrecks now and again as he ran with Side Scan Sonar....Bill recently decided to make the move to CCR diving.  He was diving some of his first dives on his new CCR in Wazee Lake during the time of the accident.  It had been confirmed that he in fact did have a heart attack under water and there was nothing that anyone with him could do to help him.  Those with him certainly tried.  Take a look at his site and read about some of the diving they were doing...and if you put your ear to the rail, you will find that many many people knew him and will miss what him as a man and what he offered the great lakes technical diving world...
Deano