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‘I thought, ‘This can’t be right’. And by the time [the water rose to my nose], I thought, ‘I’m sure this is not right’
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Sir David Attenborough has revealed that he almost drowned when testing a scuba diving outfit in the Great Barrier Reef in 1957.
The broadcasting veteran and environmentalist was recorded speaking to Prince William at Royal Festival Hall in May about his new documentary, Ocean. During the event, he was presented with an original version of an open-circuit scuba helmet, popularised by the French oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
