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Charlie Beeker is the type of professor any diver would want to have. He loves The Creature from the Black Lagoon, scuba diving in Grand Cayman (the east end, specifically), and he heads up the Academic Diving and Underwater Science program at Indiana University. Appointed to the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee in 2005, […] Type: Post
Who wouldn’t jump at the chance to live in a place where palm trees sway gently overhead, the sun shines almost every day of the year and where spectacular dive sites are always waiting just off shore? Moving to a place that’s considered a paradise is a dream for many, but it might be easier […] Type: Post
Since 2008, PADI Course Director Szilvia Gogh has appeared in movies, TV series, commercials, music videos and even video games, using her diving skills to help tell stories on screen. And it seems that her actor colleagues think that she’s got a job to be jealous of. “Most everybody is envious, as we often get […] Type: Post
Does your day to day grind have you wondering: what if I walked away from my job to become a scuba instructor? What would it be like to do something I love for a living? If you’ve ever considered trading in fluorescent lights for bio-flourescence, read on! Today we meet two divers who quit their […] Type: Post
What was your path to working as a public safety diver, underwater criminal investigator? I became a certified diver right after I got out of the army. A year later I joined the Virginia State Police and my Field Training Officer happened to be a State Police Diver who told me about their dive team. […] Type: Post
A team of professionals work for months, sometimes years, preparing an astronaut to leave mother earth and enter into orbit. Of all the environmental changes the astronaut will experience, perhaps the most significant one is weightlessness. That’s where professional scuba divers like Chris Peterman come in – preparing astronauts for space missions through underwater training. […]