Agnes Milowka

Australian cave diver

Agnes Milowka (23 December 1981:– 27 February 2011) was an Australian technical diver, underwater photographer, author, maritime archaeologist and cave explorer.She gained international recognition for penetrating deeper than previous explorers into cave systems across Australia and Florida, and as a public speaker and author on the subjects of diving and maritime archaeology. She died aged 29 while diving in a confined space.

1 Early life and schooling
2 Diving
3 Death
4 Author
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Early life and schooling

Born in Częstochowa, Poland, Milowka moved to Melbourne at an early age with her parents, attending Caulfield Grammar School from 1994 to 1999. At the school, she was a house captain, champion school rower and was a finalist in the statewide VCE achiever award. She received her graduate degrees in Maritime Archaeology from Flinders University (2007), Bachelor of Business, Marketing and Event Management from Victoria University (2008), Bachelor of Arts, History and Australian Studies from University of Melbourne (2005), where she was a president of the Melbourne University Underwater Club (2003–2005). In the summer of 2007 she completed an internship in St. Augustine, Florida, with LAMP (Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program), the research arm of the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum, where she participated in the archaeological excavation of historic shipwreck sites. This work would introduce her to Florida diving, where she would go on to explore extensive cave systems. During her schooling, she participated as the researcher and diver in a series of qualitative underwater archeological research projects.

Diving

In the effort coordinated by Victorian Speleological *ociation in 2009, she and James Arundale explored Elk River streamway cave system by an additional 1,400 metres (4,600:ft), which has potential to become the longest continuous stream p*age in Victoria, Australia. In a 2009 expedition near *lebiddy, she reached the midpoint of Craig Challen's 2008 line giving her the record for the longest cave dive in Australia for a female. She worked as an underwater grip in 2008 for a film by Discovery Channel *an, "Water's Journey" by TV Asahi & Karst Productions. She was part of the National Geographic Nova TV Special expedition to Blue Holes of the Bahamas, in December 2008, as an underwater grip, followed by the expedition to look for similar sinkholes in Queensland, Australia in October 2009.

Milowka was a photographic *istant on the National Geographic Magazine expedition to Bahamas Caves, November–December 2009, resulting in a few of her photos being published by the National Geographic website. Her underwater photography has been included in multimedia library of the popular website creation software WebEasy Professional (since 2007), distributed by Avanquest Software.

In 2010, when living in Florida, she laid over 4,000 metres (13,000:ft) of line across a number of cave systems, the most significant of which was Baptizing (aka Mission) Spring. In August 2010, together with James Toland, she made the connection between Pea* Springs and Baptizing Spring, Florida adding over 3,000 metres (9,800:ft) of p*age. She was the presenter and editor for TV series "Agnes Milowka Project" (2010) featuring underwater cave footage shot by Wes Skiles, Karst Productions.

Agnes Milowka was a speaker at a number of diving related conferences (OZTek 2009, EuroTek 2010). She acted as a stunt double for two female characters on the James Cameron-produced feature film Sanctum (2011) and worked during the production as cave dive instructor to the actors. In 2011 she was nominated as Dive Rite Amb*ador. One of her last jobs was as a diving supervisor on BIRTH, a short film for the TRIMÄPEE fashion label. The movie has been dedicated in her name.

Death

In February 2011, she ran out of air and died after parting company to explore a tight restriction, which necessitated going solo, in the Tank Cave near Tantanoola in the south east of South Australia. In recognition of Milowka's achievements and legacy, The Agnes Milowka Memorial Environmental Science Award has been established by Mummu Media for underprivileged schools in the area of science, marine studies or exploration. In May 2011 Agnes Milowka posthumously received the Exploration Award, in recognition of the outstanding and dedicated service to the National Speleological Society Cave Diving Section, USA. A number of geologic features have been named in memory and her original exploration work in Australia: "Ag's Dreamtime P*age" in the underwater Olwolgin Cave on Nullarbor Plain, "Agnes Chamber" in Davis Cave System, Bats Ridge, Victoria and "Milowka C*" in Elk River Cave, Victoria. Her name has been featured in memoriam at 2011 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts AACTA and in popular sci-fi webcomic book Crimson Dark, the alliance starship has been named A.W.S. Milowka.

Author

Milowka aut*d articles on the subject of underwater exploration, and her experiences and work as a diver. These include:

Let's Talk About... The S Word
Heaven is a place on earth
Why Ginnie and I are like peas and carrots
Virgin Territory: Devil's Eye past the restriction
Deep holes in the ground that will blow your mind: Bahamas
Mission Spring
Cave diving in Victoria: Exploration of the Elk River streamway (co-aut*d with Jim Arundale)
In the heart of Tiger's Eye
Virgin Territory: Devil's Eye Cave System Beyond Restriction
Deep Holes. Unraveling The Mysteries of the Bahamas
Mission Spring Exploration
The Elk River Streamway: A hump to a sump
Eye of the Tiger: On expedition in T*ie
The Taming Continues: The Pea* to Baptizing Connection, co-author James Toland

References

External links

Official website
Agnes Milowka at Flickr
Deep Dark Secret, National Geographic 2010
BIRTH short film, TRIMÄPEE FALL 2011

Diving
equipment
manufacturers

AP Diving
Apeks
Aqua Lung America
Aqua Lung/La Spirotechnique
Beuchat
René Cavalero
Cis-Lunar
Cressi-Sub
Dacor
DESCO
Dive Xtras
Divex
Diving Unlimited International
Drägerwerk
Fenzy
Maurice Fernez
Technisub
Oscar Gugen
Heinke
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Long-Term Mine Reconnaissance System
Mini Rover ROV
OpenROV
ROV KIEL 6000
ROV PHOCA
Scorpio ROV
Sea Dragon-cl* ROV
Seabed tractor
Seafox drone
Seahorse ROUV
SeaPerch
SJT-cl* ROUV
T1200 Trenching Unit
VideoRay UROVs

Safety equipment

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ENOS Rescue-System
Hyperbaric lifeboat
Hyperbaric stretcher
Jackstay
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Reserve gas supply

General

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contractors

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equipment

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procedures

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related

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Treatment

Demand valve oxygen therapy
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In-water recompression
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Personnel

Diving Medical Examiner
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Hyperbaric nursing

Screening

Atrial septal defect
Effects of drugs on fitness to dive
Fitness to dive
Psychological fitness to dive

ResearchMilitary and
covert operations

Raid on Alexandria (1941)
Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior

Scientific projects

1992 cageless shark-diving expedition
Mission 31

IncidentsRecreational
scuba
certification
levelsDiver training
certification
and registration
organisations

European Underwater Federation (EUF)
International Diving Regulators and Certifiers Forum (IDRCF)
International Diving Schools *ociation (IDSA)
International Marine Contractors *ociation (IMCA)
List of diver certification organizations
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Nautical Archaeology Society
Universal Referral Program
World Recreational Scuba Training Council (WRSTC)

Military diver
training centres

Defence Diving School
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Underwater Escape Training Unit

Military diver
training courses

United States Marine Corps Combatant Diver Course

Diving
physiology

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Diving
environmentSpecial
interest
groups

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Historical Diving Society
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Nautical Archaeology Program
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Project AWARE
Reef Check
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Rubicon Foundation
Save Ontario Shipwrecks
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Sea Research Society
Society for Underwater Historical Research
Society for Underwater Technology
Underwater Archaeology Branch, Naval History & Heritage Command

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and rescue

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Submarine rescue ship

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Astronaut training

Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory
Neutral buoyancy pool
Neutral buoyancy simulation as a training aid
Neutral Buoyancy Simulator
Space Systems Laboratory
Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

Other

Nautilus Productions
Helicopter Aircrew Breathing Device

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