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Diving accident results in death of National Geographic photographer

Listen to this article The official website of National Geographic magazine has announced the death of its contributor Cotton Coulson. The death was the result of an accident that occurred on 24 May while diving off the coast of Norway. Coulson, 60, has written more than 40 reports for National Geographic and National Geographic Traveler.

ByTomasz Andrukajtis

Published: May 29, 2015 - 19:10

Updated: July 22, 2023 - 10:52

Diving accident results in death of National Geographic photographer

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The official website of National Geographic magazine has announced the death of its contributor Cotton Coulson. The death was the result of an accident that occurred on 24 May while diving off the coast of Norway.

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Coulson, 60, has written more than 40 reports for National Geographic and National Geographic Traveler. He has worked mainly in Europe, photographing and filming locations stretching from the Arctic and Scandinavia to southern France and Italy.

According to the information available, the photographer lost consciousness during the dive. The unfortunate dive took place during the fifth day of diving of a 17-day National Geographic expedition to the Norwegian fjords and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.

According to the members of the expedition, Colson signalled his partner to surface at some point during the dive and lost consciousness moments later. After surfacing, he was immediately transferred to a Zodiac vessel and transported back to the ship. The still living photographer was then taken to Sandnessjoen Hospital, from where he was transferred to a larger clinic in Tromso. He died on the evening of Wednesday 27 May.

Source: nationalgeographic.com

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Tomasz Andrukajtis

Editor-in-chief of the DIVERS24 portal and magazine. Responsible for obtaining, translating and developing content. He also supervises all publications. Achived his first diving certification – P1 CMAS, in 2000. Has a degree in journalism and social communication. In the diving industry since 2008.