Two US professors will spend 73 days in an underwater laboratory near
the Florida Keys, where they'll teach courses via Internet and try to
break the record of the longest-ever undersea stay
Two US professors will spend 73
days in an underwater laboratory near the Florida Keys, where they'll
teach courses via Internet and try to break the record of the
longest-ever undersea stay.
Bruce
Cantrell and Jessica Fain, of Roane State Community College in the
southeastern US state of Tennessee, took the plunge Friday. They
aim to stay 25 feet (eight meters) under the surface in a Key Largo
lagoon at the Jules' Undersea Lodge through December 15, according to a
site dedicated to the project.
While
there, Cantrell, 63, and Fain, 25, will teach courses for their
students on ocean exploration and conservation, through videos posted on
a dedicated YouTube page. They
will also post interviews with researchers and experts who will visit
them underwater, including former astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man
who walked on the moon.
The
experiment "will offer the most unique educational experience in the
college's history and raise awareness of issues affecting the oceans,"
said Roane State Community College.
The
pair will also try to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the
longest-ever underwater stay. The current record holder is Richard
Presley, who spent 69 days under water, from May to July 1992, also in
the Key Largo area.
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