It’s 2 AM, I rest against my backpack and take off my shoes, welcoming the cool sand between my toes. I look up to see a shooting star streak across the night sky, fading into the dark. Lightning flashes in the distance while tiny creatures shimmer a turquoise blue as they roll onto the sand, […]
Category: Scholar Journeys
Diving in Silence
Last March at the Beneath the Sea Dive Show, I met Mike Fowler, President of a company called Silent Diving. Silent Diving sells three different types of rebreathers: the Inspiration, the Evolution and the Evolution +. A rebreather is a piece of scuba equipment that is able to recirculate the diver’s breath by scrubbing out […]
Never Stop Exploring
Does anyone else find the Red Bull commercials incredibly compelling? I’m sure some of you in the audience are unfamiliar with what I am talking about so here’s a link to one. And no, Red Bull is not a sponsor for this scholarship, although they would probably be a useful one. This is free advertising […]
Diving Dry with DUI
50 years ago, a diver by the name of Richard Long founded a company called Diving Unlimited International – or DUI. DUI has become famous for their top-of-the-line drysuits but unbeknownst to me, they do a lot more than that. They provide equipment for recreational weekend divers, technical divers, public safety divers, commercial divers, military […]
A Visit to Aqua Lung
In the winter of 1942, two French men by the names of Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan invented something that would drastically alter the interactions between humans and our watery planet. This invention was deemed the Aqua-Lung. It allowed those gill-less people to peer into the depths and observe an alien world, the underwater world. Previous […]