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Vic Verlinden started diving in 1975, when he bought a diving tank at a second-hand market in Antwerp. At that time, diving was a sport for only a small number of people. There were no diving computers and the life jacket was not yet in general use.

In 1979 he bought his first underwater camera and made his first big trip to the Virgin Islands (United States). Later trips followed to Papua New Guinea and the Red Sea. In those regions he worked as a diving guide in both Israel and Egypt. For more than 15 years he dived with his own boat on wrecks in the North Sea. In 1992 he discovered the wreck of the East Indiaman De Roompot (1844).

In 2005 he switched to technical diving and the use of rebreathers. Vic is the author of five books and dozens of reports for various major diving magazines. His most recent book, Lusitania - The Underwater Collection, was sold in more than 20 countries. He also worked on various television programs for VRT and VTM.

He escaped dangerous situations several times, such as a raid by Papuans in New Guinea and an incident in which his boat caught fire in the North Sea and burned down completely.

Vic is currently still diving and photographing deep wrecks and is working on a new book that will be published next year.