News lead…:
“This fall, Roane State associate professor of biology Bruce Cantrell and adjunct instructor Jessica Fain plan to live and work under the sea for 72 days. While underwater, Cantrell and Fain will offer the most unique educational experience in the college’s history and raise awareness of issues affecting the oceans. They will host a weekly program featuring interviews with leading scientists and explorers, covering topics such as conservation, undersea exploration and more. Roane State students in Cantrell’s fall online biology class will have an especially interesting experience; while they take the course online, their professor will be leading it from the floor of the lagoon at the Marine Resources Development Foundation’s facilities in Key Largo, Fla.”
Marine Resources Development Foundation (MRDF) website see
mrdf.org/The current and long standing record for Living Undersea in an ambient pressure habitat was set in 1992 by Rick Presley (69 days) see
guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/3000/longe...nt-living-underwaterFor more details on this Extraordinary Undersea Mission please visit the Roane State Classroom Under the Sea website see
roanestate.edu/classroomunderthesea/As reported by Miami Herald see
miamiherald.com/2014/02/13/3933718/educators-aim-...o-set-record-in.htmlCheers
Ron Peters sends
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