Ever since I started diving I have been intrigued by cave diving. My instructor on my Open Water Course told stories of her dives in the Cenotes in Mexico and I daydreamed of the day. I was fortunate enough to fill an open space in one of Jill Heinerth’s Cavern and Basic Cave course in […]

The beginning of my scholarship year, I had planned around attending DEMA in Orlando. The other two scholars, Christian and Erin did the same, which meant we were able to spend time traveling together before hand. After our trip to the Dominican Republic with Professor Charlie Beeker, we visited Captain Slate in Key Largo for […]

Professor Charlie Beeker from Indiana University has been working on preserving shipwrecks in the Dominican Republic for many years. His current project is called Living Museums of the Sea, where he aims to create local dive sites to increase awareness about the archaeology and marine biology of the area. The three 2011 scholars visited Charlie […]

The three 2011 Our World Underwater Scholars spent a week driving through Florida, where we dived in fresh water springs and met a variety of people in marine research and the diving industry. Christian Clark, the current North American Scholar was kind enough to take it upon himself to make plans. He has completed cave […]

After my wonderful trip to Cocos Island with the Undersea Hunter Group I was fortunate enough to spend some time at the Universidad de Costa Rica, learning more about the marine research carried out through CIMAR: El Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (Center for Marine Investigations and Limnology) is an interdisciplinary […]